Physics of MRI: A primer

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1038-1054

  Plewes, Donald B ^a   Kucharczyk, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

k space; MRI image formation; MRI physics; NMR relaxation

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN MAPPING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICS;

EID: 84859805463     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23642     Document Type: Review

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