Imaging artifacts at 3.0T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 735-746

  Bernstein, Matt A ^a,b   Huston III, John ^a   Ward, Heidi A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

3.0T; 3T; Artifacts; Field strength; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 33749604304     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20698     Document Type: Review

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