A closer look into DESIRE for NMR microscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Weiger, Markus ^a   Zeng, Yi ^a   Fey, Michael ^a  

^a BRUKER BIOSPIN AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DESIRE; Diffusion; NMR microscopy; Signal enhancement; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIFFUSION ENHANCEMENT OF SIGNAL AND RESOLUTION; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 36849006451     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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