Phase gradient mapping as an aid in the analysis of object-induced and system-related phase perturbations in MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Bakker, Chris J G ^a,b   De Leeuw, Hendrik ^b   Vincken, Koen L ^b   Vonken, Evert Jan ^a   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

FIELD GRADIENTS; FIELD PERTURBATIONS; FORWARD-DIFFERENCE; IN VIVO STUDIES; LOCAL PHASE; PHANTOM EXPERIMENTS; PHASE GRADIENTS; PHASE IMAGING; PHASE PERTURBATIONS;

GRADIENT METHODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUNTEER;

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

EID: 51849098087     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/N02     Document Type: Article

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