Standing-Wave and RF Penetration Artifacts Caused by Elliptic Geometry: An Electrodynamic Analysis of MRI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 653-662

  Sled, John G ^a   Bruce Pike, G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intensity nonuniformity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rf field inhomogeneity; Shading artifact

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) PENETRATION ARTIFACTS; STANDING WAVE PENETRATION ARTIFACTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0032129166     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.730409     Document Type: Article

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