Artifacts induced by concomitant magnetic field in fast spin-echo imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 582-591

  Zhou, Xiaohong Joe ^a   Tan, Steve G ^a   Bernstein, Matt A ^a  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Concomitant field; Fast spin echo; Maxwell terms; Phase errors

Indexed keywords

CRUSHERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; CONCOMITANT FIELD; FAST SPIN ECHOS; MAXWELL TERMS; PHASE ERROR;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0342834725     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400411     Document Type: Article

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