High-resolution, large dynamic range field map estimation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-117

  Dagher, Joseph ^a,b   Reese, Timothy ^c   Bilgin, Ali ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

field inhomogeneity; field map estimation; MR phase; phase unwrapping

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAPPING;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; FIELD MAP ESTIMATIONS; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; MR PHASE; PHASE UNWRAPPING; SPATIAL REGULARIZATIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; FIELD MAP ESTIMATION; FIELD MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETERS; PHANTOM; PHASE UNWRAPPING; THERMOMETRY;

FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; FIELD MAP ESTIMATION; MR PHASE; PHASE UNWRAPPING;

ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890793100     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24636     Document Type: Article

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