The direct generation of images in a divergent coordinate system may be important to some applications of MR imaging in MRI-radiotherapy hybrids. Specifically, in the circumstance where 2D images are being used for real-time therapy beam guidance, image generation in a divergent coordinate system that matches that of the treatment beam (which originates from a single source point) will reduce targeting errors and inadvertent dosing of critical structures. This work presents a theoretical hardware solution to a variety of MRI-radiotherapy implementations which involve the replacement or augmentation of conventional linear gradients. An experimental and simulated verification is presented.
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