Parameter Estimation from Magnitude MR Images

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Sijbers, J ^a   Den Dekker, A J ^a   Raman, E ^a   Van Dyck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MAGNITUDE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032653871     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1999)10:2<109::AID-IMA2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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