Multipeak fat-corrected complex R2* relaxometry: Theory, optimization, and clinical validation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1319-1331

  Hernando, Diego ^a   Kramer, J Harald ^a,b   Reeder, Scott B ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cramer Rao bound; iron overload; quantitative imaging biomarkers; R2; relaxometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS;

CLINICAL VALIDATIONS; CRAMER-RAO BOUND ANALYSIS; IRON OVERLOADS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RELAXOMETRY; THEORY AND METHODS;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; R2 RELAXOMETRY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDITY;

CRAMER-RAO BOUND; IRON OVERLOAD; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING BIOMARKERS; R2* RELAXOMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84886769267     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24593     Document Type: Article

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