Error-Bars in Semi-Parametric Estimation

In in vivo metabolite-quantitation with a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) scanner, the model function of the attendant MRS signal is often only partly known. This unfavourable condition requires semi-parametric estimation. In the present study the unknown part is the form of the decay function of the MRS signal. The lack of knowledge is...

Improved estimation of the temporal decay function of in vivo metabolite signals

MRI-scanners enable non-invasive, in vivo quantitation of metabolites in, e.g., the brain of a patient. Among other things, this requires adequate estimation of the unknown temporal decay function of the complex-valued signal emanating from the metabolites. We propose a method to render a current decay estimator more simple, accurate, and robust...