Estimating the apparent transverse relaxation time (R2*) from images with different contrasts (ESTATICS) reduces motion artifacts

Relaxation rates provide important information about tissue microstructure. Multi-parameter mapping (MPM) estimates multiple relaxation parameters from multi-echo FLASH acquisitions with different basic contrasts, i.e., proton density (PD), T1 or magnetization transfer (MT) weighting. Motion can pa...

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Main Authors: Nikolaus eWeiskopf, Martina eCallaghan, Oliver eJosephs, Antoine eLutti, Siawoosh eMohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
T2*
R2*
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00278/full