Investigation of a 3D system distortion correction method for MR images

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-216

  Stanescu, Teodor ^a   Jans, Hans Sonke ^a   Wachowicz, Keith ^a   Gino Fallone, B ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distortion correction; MRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954285495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i1.2961     Document Type: Article

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