Determination of sample time for T1 measurement

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 675-681

  Zhang, Yantian ^a   Yeung, Hong N ^b   O'Donnell, Matthew ^c   Carson, Paul L ^c  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cramer Rao bound; Fisher information matrix; T1 estimation error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

EID: 0031835412     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080324     Document Type: Article

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