Iterative optimization method for design of quantitative magnetization transfer imaging experiments

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 635-643

  Levesque, Ives R ^a,b   Sled, John G ^c   Pike, G Bruce ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain; iterative optimization; magnetization transfer; optimal sampling; quantitative MRI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS;

GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; ITERATIVE OPTIMAL DESIGN; ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; OPTIMAL SAMPLING; OPTIMUM EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; TIME CONSUMING TECHNIQUES;

DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 80051693255     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23071     Document Type: Article

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