The SIMRI project: A versatile and interactive MRI simulator

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-115

  Benoit Cattin, H ^a   Collewet, G ^b   Belaroussi, B ^a   Saint Jalmes, H ^c   Odet, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Bloch equation; Field inhomogeneity; MRI simulation; Software

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SIMULATORS;

ARTEFACTS; BLOCH EQUATION; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; MRI SIMULATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 13444282105     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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