From A as in aliasing to Z as in zipper: Artifacts in MRI

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Heiland, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Distortion; Fast imaging techniques; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SPIKE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 41149170323     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-008-8003-y     Document Type: Review

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