Theory and application of static field inhomogeneity effects in gradient-echo imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-279

  Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a   Venkatesan, Ramesh ^a,b   Yablonskiy, Dmitriy A ^a   Thompson, Michael R ^c   Lai, Song ^d   Haacke, E Mark ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Image processing Brain; K space; Phase imaging; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTIFACT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; THEORY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031400839     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070203     Document Type: Review

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