A method of generalized projections (MGP) ghost correction algorithm for interleaved EPI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 839-848

  Lee, K J ^a   Papadakis, N G ^a   Barber, D C ^b   Wilkinson, I D ^a   Griffiths, P D ^a   Paley, M N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

PHASE CORRECTION; PHASE ENCODING; PIXELS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 3142698470     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.827970     Document Type: Article

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