Removal of EPI Nyquist ghost artifacts with two-dimensional phase correction

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1247-1253

  Chen, Nan Kuei ^a,e   Wyrwicz, Alice M ^b,c,d,f  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENH Research Institute   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Center for MR Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging; EPI; Nyquist ghost artifact

Indexed keywords

MAPPING;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MRI; NONLINEAR CORRECTION; NYQUIST; PHASE CORRECTIONS; PHASE MAPPINGS; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM;

EID: 2942748091     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20097     Document Type: Article

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