A signal/noise analysis of quasi-static MR elastography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1183-1187

  Bishop, Jonathan ^a   Samani, Abbas ^b   Sciarretta, Justin ^b   Luginbuhl, Chris ^b   Plewes, Donald B ^b  

^a Colorado Medtech ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastography; Imaging; MR; Strain

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPIC STRAIN IMAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; PHASE CONTRAST TECHNIQUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035498048     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.963821     Document Type: Article

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