Simulated phase evolution rewinding (SPHERE): A technique for reducing B(o) inhomogeneity effects in MR images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 615-627

  Kadah, Yasser M ^a   Hu, Xiaoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B(o) inhomogeneity; EPI; Image distortion; Image processing; Spiral

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; IMAGE DEGRADATION; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INITIAL ESTIMATE; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; SPIRAL;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030929023     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380416     Document Type: Article

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