Cramér Rao Bound analysis of joint B1/T1 mapping methods in MRI

2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 712-715

  Funai, Amanda ^a   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 mapping; Cramer Rao Bound; Magnetic resonance imaging; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

B1 MAPPING; JOINT ESTIMATION; MAPPING METHOD; PULSE SEQUENCE; RELAXATION EFFECT; RF FIELDS; T1 MAPPING; TRADE OFF;

ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAPPING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77955183904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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