MIPS Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford

Brian Rutt

Publication Details

  • Understanding acceleration-induced displacement artifacts in phase-contrast MR velocity measurements.

    Frayne R, Rutt BK. J Magn Reson Imaging. 1995 Mar-Apr; 5 (2): 207-15

    A theoretical framework for understanding acceleration-induced errors in phase-contrast magnetic resonance velocity measurements has been developed. An important result of this framework is the interpretation of acceleration-induced velocity errors as displacement artifacts due to the delay between velocity and spatial encoding. A rotating-disk phantom was used to confirm the theoretically predicted displacement times (the difference between theory and experiment was 8.2%). Errors were also observed in velocity profiles measured in regions of fluid acceleration downstream from a step stenosis. The magnitude of these errors could be predicted and corrected by using the analytic framework.

    PubMedID: 7766984

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