A complex sum method of quantifying susceptibilities in cylindrical objects: the first step toward quantitative diagnosis of small objects in MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1171-1180

  Cheng, Yu Chung N ^a   Hsieh, Ching Yi ^a   Neelavalli, Jaladhar ^b   Liu, Qiang ^a   Dawood, Muhammad S ^b   Haacke, E Mark ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex sum; Gradient echo imaging; Magnetic susceptibility; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; GEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLID; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34648816740     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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