Mono-exponential fitting in T2-relaxometry: Relevance of offset and first echo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Milford, David ^a   Rosbach, Nicolas ^a   Bendszus, Martin ^a   Heiland, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROCESS MODEL; RELAXOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHM; IMAGING PHANTOM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84957557964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145255     Document Type: Article

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