Uncertainty in T1 mapping using the variable flip angle method with two flip angles

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schabel, Matthias C ^a   Morrell, Glen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CONTROL THEORY;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FLIP ANGLES; GRADIENT ECHOES; LOWER BOUNDS; PROPAGATION OF ERRORS; PULSE SEQUENCES; QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 58149267823     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/1/N01     Document Type: Article

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