Pixel-by-pixel deconvolution of bolus-tracking data: Optimization and implementation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-447

  Sourbron, S ^a,b   Dujardin, M ^b   Makkat, S ^b   Luypaert, R ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECONVOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIXELS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BOLUS TRACKING DATA; GENERALIZED CROSS VALIDATION (GCV); HAEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; L-CURVE CRITERION (LCC);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33947725557     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/2/009     Document Type: Article

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