Evaluation of intravoxel incoherent motion fitting methods in low‐perfused tissue

To investigate the robustness of constrained and simultaneous intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) fitting methods and the estimated IVIM parameters (D, D* and f) for applications in brain and low‐perfused tissues.

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