A study of artefacts in simultaneous PET and MR imaging using a prototype MR compatible PET scanner

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2015-2027

  Slates, Randal B ^a,e   Farahani, Keyvan ^a   Shao, Yiping ^a   Marsden, Paul K ^b   Taylor, Joanne ^b   Summers, Paul E ^b   Williams, Steve ^c   Beech, John ^d   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 68;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FRUIT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032765446     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/8/312     Document Type: Article

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