Quantification and compensation of eddy-current-induced magnetic-field gradients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-123

  Spees, William M ^a   Buhl, Niels ^b   Sun, Peng ^a   Ackerman, Joseph J H ^a,c   Neil, Jeffrey J ^a   Garbow, Joel R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Eddy current compensation; Gradient pre emphasis; MRI

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM;

BAYESIAN METHODS; EDDY-CURRENT EFFECTS; FREE INDUCTION DECAY; INDUCED MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; PRE-EMPHASIS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84855410933     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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