Coil sensitivity map-based filter for phased-array image reconstruction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-17

  Giovannetti, Giulio ^a   Viti, Vittorio ^b   Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a   Landini, Luigi ^c   Benassi, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bias; image reconstruction; lowpass filter; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; phased array; RF coils; signal to noise ratio; SNR; SoS; sum of squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651559248     PISSN: 17526418     EISSN: 17526426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2007.014134     Document Type: Article

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