Diffusion-weighted 3D multislab echo planar imaging for high signal-to-noise ratio efficiency and isotropic image resolution

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1507-1514

  Engström, Mathias ^a,b   Skare, Stefan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D navigator; 3D; diffusion; MRI; phase correction

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

2D NAVIGATOR; DIFFUSION DIRECTION; DIFFUSION STUDIES; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GENERALIZED AUTO-CALIBRATING PARTIALLY PARALLEL ACQUISITIONS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; PHASE CORRECTIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

2D NAVIGATOR; 3D; DIFFUSION; MRI; PHASE-CORRECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84888011587     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24594     Document Type: Article

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