Evaluation of EPI distortion correction methods for quantitative MRI of the brain at high magnetic field

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1098-1105

  Hong, Xin ^a   To, Xuan Vinh ^a   Teh, Irvin ^b,d   Soh, Jian Rui ^a   Chuang, Kai Hsiang ^a,b,c  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Distortion correction; Field inhomogeneity; High magnetic field; Susceptibility artifact; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84943355166     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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