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RID11388 aliasing artifact

synonym

fold over artifact
folding artifact
wraparound artifact

definition

An artifact that occurs when the scanned body part is larger than field of view (FOV) such that portions of the object outside of the desired FOV get mapped to an incorrect location inside the FOV. (syns: backfolding, foldover, phase wrapping, wrap around)

comment

Aliasing may occur in three directions.

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