Smoothness of in vivo spectral baseline determined by mean‐square error

A nonparametric smooth line is usually added to the spectral model to account for background signals in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The assumed smoothness of the baseline significantly influences quantitative spectral fitting. In this paper, a method is proposed to minimize baseline influences on the estimated spectral parameters.

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