Correction of high-order eddy current induced geometric distortion in diffusion-weighted echo-planar images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1184-1189

  Shen, Yuji ^a   Larkman, David J ^a   Counsell, Serena ^a   Pu, Ida M ^b   Edwards, David ^a   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted image; Echo planar imaging; Eddy current induced distortion

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ERRORS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TENSORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CORRECTION METHOD; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION-SENSITIZING GRADIENTS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; LINEAR DISTORTIONS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ERROR; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 7544232439     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20267     Document Type: Article

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