Simple method for MR gradient system characterization and k-space trajectory estimation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-129

  Addy, Nii Okai ^a   Wu, Holden H ^a,b   Nishimura, Dwight G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast MRI; Gradient characterization; Gradient delays; k space trajectory; Non Cartesian imaging

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPACE FLIGHT;

ACQUISITION PROCESS; ARBITRARY ORIENTATION; GRADIENT WAVEFORMS; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; LINEAR TIME-INVARIANT; NON-CARTESIAN; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SPACE TRAJECTORIES;

TRAJECTORIES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84862244703     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23217     Document Type: Article

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