Susceptibility phase imaging with improved image contrast using moving window phase gradient fitting and minimal filtering

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1460-1469

  Walsh, Andrew J ^a   Eissa, Amir ^a   Blevins, Gregg ^a   Wilman, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

filtering; phase; spatial gradient; susceptibility weighted; unwrapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUSCEPTIBILITY PHASE IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84869426806     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23768     Document Type: Article

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