Understanding phase maps in MRI: A new cutline phase unwrapping method

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 966-977

  Chavez, Sofia ^a   Xiang, Qing San ^a   An, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Phase maps; Phase unwrapping; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PHASE MAPS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0036668838     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2002.803106     Document Type: Article

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