Optimisation of T2 and M0 measurements of bi-exponential systems

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Anastasiou, Anastasios ^a   Hall, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bi exponential; Bone; Cramer Rao; MRI; Sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BONE DISEASE; HORSE; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HORSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 1242337463     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.05.005     Document Type: Article

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