The sign convention for phase values on different vendor systems: Definition and implications for susceptibility-weighted imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-300

  Hagberg, Gisela E ^a   Welch, E Brian ^b,c   Greiser, Andreas ^d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BRAIN SIZE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TORQUE; WHITE MATTER;

IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN LABELS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77349110443     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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