Commutator filter: A novel technique for the identification of structures producing significant susceptibility inhomogeneities and its application to functional MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 781-787

  Lai, Song ^a,b,c   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deoxyhemoglobin; functional MRI; MR venogram; susceptibility effect

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FUNCTIONAL MRI; IDENTIFICATION OF STRUCTURES; ITS APPLICATIONS; LOW RESOLUTION IMAGES; MR VENOGRAM; POSTPROCESSING METHODS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; FILTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM PAIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0029907202     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360518     Document Type: Article

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