Phantom-based evaluation of geometric distortions in functional magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 754-763

  Mattila, Seppo ^a,b   Renvall, Ville ^a   Hiltunen, Jaana ^a,c   Kirven, Douglas ^d   Sepponen, Raimo ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a,c   Tarkiainen, Antti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Sigma K Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted image; Functional MRI; Geometric distortion; Phantom design

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCANNING; TENSORS;

ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION-SENSITIZING GRADIENTS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

EID: 34248356674     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21218     Document Type: Article

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