The performance of volume selection sequences for in vivo NMR spectroscopy: Implications for quantitative MRS

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1217-1226

  Keevil, Stephen F ^a   Newbold, Marcus C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); Performance assessment; Quantification; Volume selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; VOLUMETRY;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0035665961     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(01)00449-0     Document Type: Article

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