Joint system relaxometry (JSR) and Crámer-Rao lower bound optimization of sequence parameters: A framework for enhanced precision of DESPOT T1 and T2 estimation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 234-245

  Teixeira, Rui Pedro A G ^a   Malik, Shaihan J ^a   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRLB; DESPOT; relaxometry

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; FACSIMILE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOMS;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; CRLB; DESPOT; ESTIMATION VARIANCE; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; RELAXOMETRY; SEQUENCE PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; DESPOT RELAXOMETRY; GRAY MATTER; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SYSTEM RELAXOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING PHANTOM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016598161     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26670     Document Type: Article

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