Characterization of and correction for eddy current artifacts in echo planar diffusion imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 801-812

  Jezzard, Peter ^a,c   Barnett, Alan S ^b   Pierpaoli, Carlo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Diffusion MRI; Eddy currents; Interleaved EPI; Navigator echoes

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EDDY CURRENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; CORRECTION OF DISTORTION; DIFFUSION MRIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; EDDY CURRENT CORRECTION; INTERLEAVED EPI; NAVIGATOR ECHOES; NONINVASIVE CHARACTERIZATIONS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031978367     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390518     Document Type: Article

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