Iterative method for predistortion of MRI gradient waveforms

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1641-1647

  Harkins, Kevin D ^a   Does, Mark D ^a   Grissom, William A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artefacts; eddy currents; excitation; gradients; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); predistortion

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ERRORS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; ITERATIVE METHODS;

AMPLIFIER NONLINEARITIES; ARTEFACTS; EXCITATION PATTERN; GRADIENT WAVEFORMS; GRADIENTS; ITERATIVE GRADIENTS; PRE-DISTORTION; TRAJECTORY ERRORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; EXCITATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE QUALITY; LEARNING; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WAVEFORM; ALGORITHM; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84905569496     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2320987     Document Type: Article

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