Analysis of noise in phase contrast MR imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 857-869

  Andersen, A H ^a,b   Kirsch, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

flow; imaging; magnetic; noise; resonance

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FLOW; INDEPENDENT NOISE; MAGNETIC; NOISE; NOISE CONTRIBUTIONS; OUTPUT SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030015095     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597729     Document Type: Article

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