Signal Coding for SNR Multiplying Effect and Scan Acceleration Flexibility

In a way that augments existing encoding, signal coding promotes a multiplying effect of SNR and flexibility of scan acceleration. Its essence is to push for noise decimation by acquiring sums of marked signals from all components where the marking can be achieved by RF, gradient or other means. Its application to multi-slice MRI opens up a regime that enjoys both a √N SNR enhancement, as analogous to that of volumetric MRI, and flexibility with scan time budget, as equal or superior to that of existing multi-slice MRI.