Two-point Dixon fat-water separation: Improving reliability and accuracy in phase correction algorithms

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1122-1129

  Schmidt, Maria A ^a,b   Fraser, Karlene M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dixon imaging; Fat and water; Image processing; Region growing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTRUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BODY WATER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42949174532     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21310     Document Type: Article

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