A simulation-based comparison of two methods for determining relaxation rates from relaxometry images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-506

  Marro, Kenneth ^a,b   Otto, Randolph ^a   Kolokythas, Orpheus ^b   Shimamura, Akiko ^a   Sanders, Jean E ^c   McDonald, George B ^c   Friedman, Seth D ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic iron content; Liver; Modeling; Optimization; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXOMETRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79954615147     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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