Viewing the effective k-space coverage of MR images: phantom experiments with fast Fourier transform

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Menke, Jan ^a   Helms, Gunther ^a   Larsen, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Sleep Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Fourier analysis; Image processing; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phantoms; Spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71049127001     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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