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signal-to-noise ratio

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signal-to-noise ratio (SNR),
the number used to describe the relative contributions to a detected signal of the true signal and random superimposed signals or "noise."

signal-to-noise ratio
the ratio of a specific response, e.g. counts per minutes (cpm) from a radiolabeled substance, to the background cpm; the latter is substracted from the former to give the value of the specific response.

signal-to-noise ratio
MRI The ratio obtained from the relative contributions of detected true signal to that of random superimposed signals–'noise'. See Magnetic resonance imaging.


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