Sweep MRI is a new technological development to address the difficulty of imaging tissues and organs, such as bone, tendon, and lung, that give weak signals. In Sweep MRI, the RF (radio frequency) excitation is pulsed, while the background magnetic field gradient can be varied in time (see here for a schematic diagram of an MRI machine). The res...
Creator:
Moeller, Steen (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2013-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Due to the complexity of financial markets, financial derivative modeling requires both an ability to understand and implement theoretical mathematical objects as well as a reliance on simulation techniques. A well known economist, Eugene Fama, once said, "We know all models are false." This notwithstanding, an approximate model allows the pract...
Creator:
Bemis, Christopher (Whitebox Advisors)
Created:
2008-08-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Figure 1. Segmentation of the internal carotid artery (left).Vessel tree with the common, internal and external carotidarteries (right).Accurate vessel segmentation is required in many clinicalapplications, such as identifying the degree of stenosis(narrowing) of a vessel to assess if blood flow to an organ issufficient, quantification of plaque...
Creator:
Atev, Stefan E. (ViTAL Images, Inc.)
Created:
2011-08-03
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.