An automated iterative algorithm for water and fat decomposition in three-point Dixon magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2341-2347

  Chen, Qin Sheng ^a   Schneider, Erika ^b   Aghazadeh, Behzad ^c   Weinhous, Martin S ^a   Humm, John ^d   Ballon, Douglas ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat suppression; Iterative surface fitting; MR imaging; Water and fat decomposition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SURFACE FITTING;

FAT SUPPRESSION; FITTING ALGORITHMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; MR IMAGING; OUTLIER EXCLUSION; SPATIAL MISALIGNMENTS; SUBPIXEL LEVELS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

FAT; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST; DECOMPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032692576     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598748     Document Type: Article

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