A new way of averaging with applications to MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Madore, Bruno ^a   Henkelman, R Mark ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifacts suppression; Averaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Noise suppression

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM;

ARTIFACTS SUPPRESSION; AVERAGING; NOISE SUPPRESSION; POSTPROCESSING METHODS; PROCESSED IMAGES; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030064314     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597687     Document Type: Article

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