Degeneracy in model parameter estimation for multi-compartmental diffusion in neuronal tissue

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-47

  Jelescu, Ileana O ^a   Veraart, Jelle ^a   Fieremans, Els ^a   Novikov, Dmitry S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical mechanisms of MR diffusion; High order diffusion MR methods; Microstructure; Modeling; Normal brain; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HIGH-ORDER; MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATION; MR-DIFFUSION; MULTI-COMPARTMENT MODELS; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; PARAMETER CORRELATION; TWO-COMPARTMENT MODELS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AGED; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 84955313068     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3450     Document Type: Article

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