Parameter Estimation and Tissue Segmentation from Multispectral MR Images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 441-449

  Liang, Zhengrong ^a   MacFall, James R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0028494865     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.310875     Document Type: Article

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