Acquisition times in magnetic resonance imaging: Optimization in clinical use

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3140-3148

  Andria, Gregorio ^a   Attivissimo, Filippo ^a   Cavone, Giuseppe ^a   Lanzolla, Ana Maria Lucia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological tissues; Biomedical signal analysis; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Optimization methods; Simulation; Time optimal control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; SIMULATION; TIME-OPTIMAL CONTROL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INNOVATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 69249203570     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2016888     Document Type: Article

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