Extending the dynamic range of phase contrast magnetic resonance velocity imaging using advanced higher-dimensional phase unwrapping algorithms

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 415-427

  Salfity, M F ^a   Huntley, J M ^a   Graves, M J ^b   Marklund, O ^c   Cusack, R ^d   Beauregard, D A ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow measurement; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phase contrast velocity imaging; Phase unwrapping; Speckle interferometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 34247622805     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0096     Document Type: Article

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