Image artifacts in very low magnetic field MRI: The role of concomitant gradients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-286

  Yablonskiy, Dmitriy A ^a,b   Sukstanskii, Alexander L ^a   Ackerman, Joseph J H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concomitant gradient; Imaging with hyperpolarized gases; Low magnetic field; Maxwell term; MRI

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONCOMITANT GRADIENT; IMAGING WITH HYPERPOLARIZED GASES; LOW MAGNETIC FIELD; MAXWELL TERMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 17644399479     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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