Magnetic resonance imaging and the reduction of motion artifacts: Review of the principles

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-435

  Van De Walle, R ^a,b   Lemahieu, I ^a   Achten, E ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Correction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion; Post processing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031397501     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-1997-5602     Document Type: Review

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