Open AccessMinimizing artifacts caused by metallic implants at MR imaging: experimental and clinical studies.
Author(s) -
Jin Suck Suh,
Eun Kee Jeong,
Kyoo Ho Shin,
Jae Hyun Cho,
Jae Boem Na,
Dae Hong Kim,
Chang Dong Han
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.171.5.9798849
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , medicine , biomedical engineering , pulse sequence , orientation (vector space) , magnetic resonance imaging , voxel , spin echo , nuclear medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , radiology , computer vision , computer science , physics , geometry , mathematics
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of metallic implant positioning on MR imaging artifacts, to determine the optimal imaging conditions for minimizing artifacts, and to show the usefulness of artifact-minimizing methods in imaging of the knee.