A fast and accurate algorithm for volume determination in MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 599-605

  Peck, D J ^a   Windham, J P ^a   Soltanian Zadeh, H ^a   Roebuck, J R ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

image processing; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); partial volume; volume determination

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; EGG WHITE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGG YOLK; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE NOISE;

ALGORITHMS; EGGS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SEPHAROSE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026650636     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596851     Document Type: Article

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