Wavelet encoding for improved SNR and retrospective slice thickness adjustment

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-391

  Gelman, Neil ^a,b   Wood, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Phase errors; Spatial encoding; Wavelet encoding

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL ENCODING;

HAAR WAVELETS; LOW FIELD MRI; MULTIPLE PASS; PHASE ERROR; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SLICE THICKNESS; SPATIAL ENCODING; WAVELET ENCODING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0031931134     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390308     Document Type: Article

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