A Robust Ultrashort TE (UTE) imaging method with corrected k-space trajectory by using parametric multiple function model of gradient waveform

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-316

  Takizawa, Masahiro ^a,b   Hanada, Hikaru ^a   Oka, Kuniharu ^a   Takahashi, Tetsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Etsuji ^b   Fujii, Masahiko ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correction method; gradient hardware; image reconstruction; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); ultrashort echo time

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL USE; CORRECTION METHOD; DECAY TIME; DELAY ERRORS; ECHO SIGNALS; ECHO TIME; GRADIENT STRENGTH; GRADIENT SYSTEMS; GRADIENT TIME; GRADIENT WAVEFORMS; IMAGE DEGRADATION; IMAGING METHOD; K-SPACE; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; RADIAL SAMPLING; SHORT T2; TRAJECTORY ERRORS; WAVEFORM DISTORTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME DELAY; TISSUE;

ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; SIMULATION; THEORY; TISSUES; WAVEFORM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873308910     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2226050     Document Type: Article

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