Ultrafast imaging: Principles, pitfalls, solutions, and applications

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-266

  Tsao, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging (EPI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spiral; Ultrafast imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATH HOLDING; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; ULTRAFAST IMAGING; ULTRAFAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AORTA; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77955378722     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22239     Document Type: Review

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