Optimization of b-value distribution for biexponential diffusion-weighted MR imaging of normal prostate

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1213-1222

  Jambor, Ivan ^a,b   Merisaari, Harri ^a,c   Aronen, Hannu J ^a,d   Järvinen, Jukka ^a,d   Saunavaara, Jani ^d   Kauko, Tommi ^a   Borra, Ronald ^a,d   Pesola, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted imaging; Monte Carlo simulations; MRI; normal prostate; Shrout Fleiss analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIMAL B VALUE DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTATE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84898438785     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24271     Document Type: Article

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