Correction of Spatial Distortion in EPI Due to Inhomogeneous Static Magnetic Fields Using the Reversed Gradient Method

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-507

  Morgan, Paul S ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^a   McIntyre, Dominick J O ^b   Worthington, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPI; MRI; Point by point correction; Reversed gradients; Spatial distortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 1842590302     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20032     Document Type: Article

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