Object strength - An accurate measure for small objects that is insensitive to partial volume effects

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-169

  Tofts, P S ^a   Silver, N C ^a,b   Barker, G J ^a,c   Gass, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brightness area product; Imaging; Lesion volume; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Partial volume; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLEROSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844530635     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-005-0106-8     Document Type: Article

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