Multistep phase difference phase contrast imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 838-842

  Lamothe, M J Reina ^b   Rutt, Brian K ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Image noise; Multistep phase contrast; Phase contrast; Phase difference; Phase variance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031397265     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070510     Document Type: Article

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