Multi-exponential analysis of magnitude MR images using a quantitative multispectral edge-preserving filter

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Bonny, Jean Marie ^a   Boespflug Tanguly, Odile ^b   Zanca, Michel ^c   Renou, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Linear prediction; Multi exponential analysis; Multispectral filter; Quantitative MRI; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC FILTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MULTISPECTRAL FILTERS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0041492673     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-7807(02)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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