A post-processing method for multiexponential spin-spin relaxation analysis of MRI signals

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3755-3772

  Gensanne, D ^a,b   Josse, G ^b   Lagarde, J M ^b   Vincensini, D ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NOISE ABATEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

BLURRING; IMAGE NOISE; PROTON FRACTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23644454965     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/16/007     Document Type: Article

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