Characterizing and correcting gradient errors in non-Cartesian imaging: Are gradient errors Linear Time-Invariant (LTI)?

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1466-1476

  Brodsky, Ethan K ^a,b   Samsonov, Alexey A ^a   Block, Walter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy current; Gradient calibration; Gradient error; k space trajectory; k space trajectory deviation; Non cartesian imaging

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERRORS; SCANNING; SPACE FLIGHT; TRAJECTORIES;

GRADIENT CALIBRATION; GRADIENT ERRORS; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; LINEAR AND TIME INVARIANTS; LINEAR TIME INVARIANT; NON-CARTESIAN; PROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNER MANUFACTURERS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EXCITATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; NONCARTESIAN IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY;

EID: 73149111748     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22100     Document Type: Article

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