Correction of Intensity Variations in MR Images for Computer-Aided Tissue Classification

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 770-781

  Dawant, Benoit M ^a   Zijdenbos, Alex P ^a   Margolin, Richard A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TISSUE;

BACKPROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFIERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTRA-SLICE INTENSITY VARIATIONS; TISSUE CLASSIFICATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027850154     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.251128     Document Type: Article

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