Two-point water-fat imaging with partially-opposed-phase (POP) acquisition: An asymmetric dixon method

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 572-584

  Xiang, Qing San ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric sampling; Dixon method; Phase correction; Regional iterative phasor extraction (RIPE); Water fat imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERRORS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PIXELS;

ANATOMICAL REGIONS; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; DIXON METHODS; LEAST SQUARES SOLUTIONS; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; PHASE CORRECTIONS; PHASE INFORMATION; PHASOR EXTRACTIONS;

EXTRACTION;

FAT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIXON METHOD; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PARTIALLY OPPOSED PHASE; REGIONAL ITERATIVE PHASOR EXTRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TWO POINT WATER FAT IMAGING;

EID: 33748349660     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20984     Document Type: Article

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