Fast, iterative image reconstruction for MRI in the presence of field inhomogeneities

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-188

  Sutton, Bradley P ^a   Noll, Douglas C ^a   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Field inhomogeneity correction; Image reconstruction; Iterative methods; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal interpolation; Time segmentation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FIELD HOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; TIME SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0037722699     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2002.808360     Document Type: Article

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