Development and validation of a smoothing-splines-based correction method for improving the analysis of CEST-MR images

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 136-149

  Stancanello, Joseph ^a,b   Terreno, E ^c   Delli Castelli, D ^c   Cabella, C ^a   Uggeri, F ^a   Aime, S ^c  

^a Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical exchange saturation transfer; LIPOCEST; Molecular imaging; Smoothing splines

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPOCEST AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SMOOTHING SPLINES; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57649220769     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.240     Document Type: Article

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