Application of quantitative T1, T2, and proton density to diagnosis

Applied Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 34-42

  Chang, Kevin J ^a   Jara, Hernán ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER INJURY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 13644258183     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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