Relaxation time estimation from complex magnetic resonance images

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3611-3625

  Baselice, Fabio ^a   Ferraioli, Giampaolo ^a   Pascazio, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Relaxation parameter estimation; Statistical signal processing

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; BIVARIATE GAUSSIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSTICS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; COMPLEX DOMAINS; RELAXATION PARAMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77951759488     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100403611     Document Type: Article

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