Characterization, prediction, and correction of geometric distortion in 3 T MR images

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 388-399

  Baldwin, Lesley N ^a,b   Wachowicz, Keith ^a,b   Thomas, Steven D ^a,b   Rivest, Ryan ^a,b   Gino Fallone, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

B0; Correction; Distortion; Gradient; Inhomogeneity; MRI; Nonlinearity; Prediction; Susceptibility; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTORTION (WAVES); ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; GRADIENT METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATLAB; PHANTOMS; SCANNING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DISTORTION CALCULATIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNERS; NONLINEARITY; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRIDS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MACHINE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION FIELD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33846643986     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2402331     Document Type: Article

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