Metal artifacts caused by gradient switching

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 231-234

  Graf, Hansjörg ^a   Steidle, Günter ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Lauer, Ulrike A ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eddy current; Implant; Instrument; Metal artifact; MRI

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METALS;

CURRENT STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRADIENT STRENGTH; GRADIENT SWITCHING; METAL ARTIFACTS; MR-COMPATIBILITY; SPIN ECHO TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

COPPER; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENT; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 21244483874     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20524     Document Type: Article

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