Evaluating the accuracy and precision of a two-compartment Kärger model using Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Nilsson, M ^a   Alerstam, E ^a   Wirestam, R ^a   Stahlberg F ^a   Brockstedt, S ^b   Latt J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion time; DW MRI; Microstructure; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION TIME; DW-MRI; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; EXCHANGE-TIME; INTRACELLULAR VOLUMES; INTRACELLULAR WATER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MRI SCANNERS; NEGATIVE BIAS; NEURONAL TISSUES; PULSED GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS; SIMULATION MODEL;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MEMBRANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955927990     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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