Improved R2* measurement accuracy with absolute SNR truncation and optimal coil combination

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1127-1136

  Yin, Xiaoming ^a,b   Shah, Saurabh ^c   Katsaggelos, Aggelos K ^b   Larson, Andrew C ^a,b,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple gradient echo; Noise bias; Optimal B1 weighted image reconstruction; Phase array coils; R2* mapping; Root sum of square; Signal to noise ratios; Truncation

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT ECHO; NOISE BIAS; OPTIMAL B1-WEIGHTED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHASE-ARRAY COILS; ROOT SUM-OF-SQUARE; TRUNCATION;

ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTIMIZATION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS;

EID: 78650297326     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1539     Document Type: Article

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