Correction for susceptibility-induced distortion in echo-planar imaging using field maps and model-based point spread function

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1850-1857

  Hsu, Yung Chin ^a   Hsu, Ching Han ^a   Tseng, Wen Yih Isaac ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distortion; Echo planar imaging (EPI); Field map; Magnetic susceptibility; Point spread function (PSF).

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; CORRECTION METHOD; DISTORTION; DISTORTION CORRECTION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING (EPI); FIELD MAP; FOURIER METHODS; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; HEALTHY HUMANS; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MODEL-BASED; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF).; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70350759677     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2026474     Document Type: Article

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