Correction of concomitant gradient artifacts in experimental microtesla MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-284

  Myers, Whittier R ^a   Mößle, Michael ^a   Clarke, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concomitant gradient; Field cycling; Low field; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phase correction

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; PROTONS; SAMPLING; SQUIDS;

CONCOMITANT GRADIENT; FIELD CYCLING; LOW FIELD; PHASE CORRECTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS;

EID: 28044471169     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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