MRSmatlab — A software tool for processing, modeling, and inversion of magnetic resonance sounding data

ABSTRACTMRSmatlab is a manufacturer-independent software tool for processing, modeling, and inversion of surface nuclear magnetic resonance data. Intended as an open platform, MRSmatlab has been growing over the past few years by connecting researchers and making the latest research available to the community. We have developed insights into yet unpublished numerical implementations of signal processing and complex inversion. In addition, we have evaluated a field example demonstrating the need to carefully inspect all the steps of handling surface nuclear magnetic resonance data. MRSmatlab can be obtained by contacting the authors.

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