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Erschienen in: European Radiology 5/2007

01.05.2007 | Magnetic Resonance

Artifacts in body MR imaging: their appearance and how to eliminate them

verfasst von: Alfred Stadler, Wolfgang Schima, Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah, Joachim Kettenbach, Edith Eisenhuber

Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 5/2007

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Abstract

A wide variety of artifacts can be seen in clinical MR imaging. This review describes the most important and most prevalent of them, including magnetic susceptibility artifacts and motion artifacts, aliasing, chemical-shift, zipper, zebra, central point, and truncation artifacts. Although the elimination of some artifacts may require a service engineer, the radiologist and MR technologist have the responsibility to recognize MR imaging problems. This review shows the typical MR appearance of the described artifacts, explains their physical basis, and shows the way to solve them in daily practice.
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Metadaten
Titel
Artifacts in body MR imaging: their appearance and how to eliminate them
verfasst von
Alfred Stadler
Wolfgang Schima
Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah
Joachim Kettenbach
Edith Eisenhuber
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2007
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Radiology / Ausgabe 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-006-0470-4

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