MRI Artifacts

There are numerous kinds of artifacts that can occur in MRI. Some effect the quality of the MRI exam while others do not effect the diagnostic quality but may be confused with pathology.

• Chemical Shift Artifacts
• Aliasing
• Black Boundary Artifacts
• Gibbs or Truncation Artifacts
• Zipper Artifacts
• Phase-encoded Motion Artifacts
• Entry Slice Phenomenon
• Slice-overlap Artifacts
• Magic Angle Effects
• Moire Fringes
• RF Overflow Artifacts
• Central Point Artifact
• Susceptibility Artifacts
• Zero-fill Artifact (Zebra Artifact)
• References