EPI (Echo Planar Imaging)

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf magnetic resonance imaging technique
gptkbp:acquiredBy entire 2D image in a single shot
gptkbp:acquisitionTime tens of milliseconds
gptkbp:enables rapid image acquisition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label EPI (Echo Planar Imaging)
gptkbp:introducedIn 1977
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Peter_Mansfield
gptkbp:relatedTo MRI
gptkbp:requires strong gradient switching
gptkbp:suffersFrom image distortions
susceptibility artifacts
gptkbp:usedFor brain imaging
real-time imaging
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:functional_MRI_(fMRI)
gptkb:diffusion_MRI
cardiac imaging
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EP2D
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8