A complete distortion correction for MR images: I. Gradient warp correction

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1343-1361

  Doran, Simon J ^a   Charles Edwards, Liz ^b   Reinsberg, Stefan A ^b   Leach, Martin O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING;

DISTORTION CORRECTION; FLUID FILLED RODS; GRADIENT NONLINEARITY; GRADIENT WARP DISTORTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; GRADIENT WARP CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144430524     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/7/001     Document Type: Article

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