Separation of water and fat MR images in a single scan at .35 T using "sandwich" echoes

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 909-917

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Goldhaber, David M ^a   Kramer, David M ^a  

^a Toshiba America MRI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bo field inhomogeneity; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Water fat separation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0030276939     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060612     Document Type: Article

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