Imaging heart motion using harmonic phase MRI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-202

  Osman, Nael F ^a   McVeigh, Elliot R ^a   Prince, Jerry L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FAST IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HARMONIC PHASE IMAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TAGGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033623972     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.845177     Document Type: Article

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