T2 maximum likelihood estimation from multiple spin-echo magnitude images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Bonny, Jean Marie ^a   Zanca, Michel ^b   Boire, Jean Yves ^a   Veyre, Annie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Biophysique et Med Nucléaire   (France)

Author keywords

maximum likelihood estimation; monte carlo; postprocessing algorithms; spin spin relaxation time measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION TIME; UNBIASED ESTIMATION; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0029657994     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360216     Document Type: Article

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