Simplified gamma-variate fitting of perfusion curves

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1067-1070

  Chan, Antoinette A ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Gamma variate; Gliomas; Linear fitting; Perfusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEARIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BRAIN TUMORS; GAMMA-VARIATE; GLIOMAS; LINEAR FITTING; PERFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 17144413411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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