Two-dimensional phase correction method for single and multi-shot echo planar imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1616-1626

  Zur, Yuval ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

Author keywords

EPI phase correction; EPI prescan; ghost reduction; two dimensional polynomial fitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

ARTIFACT SUPPRESSION; COHERENT ARTIFACTS; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; PHASE CORRECTION ALGORITHM; PHASE CORRECTIONS; POLYNOMIAL FITTINGS; PRESCAN;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GHOST REDUCTION; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHASE CORRECTION; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 81355161628     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22958     Document Type: Article

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