Numerical modeling of needle tip artifacts in MR gradient echo imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 579-587

  Müller Bierl, Bernd ^a   Graf, Hansjörg ^a   Lauer, Ulrike ^a   Steidle, Günter ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic susceptibility; MR artifacts; Needle localization; Needle tip artifact; Needle visualization

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANUFACTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMAGNETISM;

EXTERNAL STATIC MAGNETIC; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MR ARTIFACTS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

NEEDLES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIPOLE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12144291368     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1640971     Document Type: Article

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