1. Historically, parameter maps of T1 were among the first to be generated by QMRI (Edelstein, 1981) and at one time, it was thought that a direct corr
2. It should be noted that the above division is somewhat artificial. From a point of view of epistemology, all measurements are based on some form of model. E
3. Again, it is necessary to stress, in order to avoid creating an overly negative impression, that these questions are no different to those in any new field.
4. Note in passing that for magnitude images, one should not use as the estimate of the noise the standard deviation of a group of pixels in an empty regio
5. It is permissible for the imaging sequence to introduce an unknown spatially-dependent attenuation (e.g., T2 or D weighting) into the images. As lon