An inverse problem approach to the correction of distortion in EPI images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 681-689

  Munger, Patrice ^a   Greller, Gerard R ^b   Peters, Terry M ^b   Pike, G Bruce ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugate gradient method; Distortion; Echo planar imaging (epi); Image processing, magnetic resonance imaging (mri); Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING (EPI); GEOMETRICAL DISTORTIONS; IMAGING EQUATIONS; PHASE ENCODING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0034214890     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.875186     Document Type: Article

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