MRI artifact reduction and quality improvement in the upper abdomen with PROPELLER and Prospective Acquisition Correction (PACE) technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1154-1158

  Hirokawa, Yuusuke ^a   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Maetani, Yoji S ^a   Arizono, Shigeki ^a   Shimada, Kotaro ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image artifact; MRI; Periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER); Prospective acquisition correction (PACE); Upper abdomen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODICALLY ROTATED OVERLAPPING PARALLEL LINES WITH ENHANCED RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; RANK SUM TEST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 53249155042     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3657     Document Type: Article

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