Local histogram correction of MRI spatially dependent image pixel intensity nonuniformity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 519-528

  DeCarli, C ^a,b   Murphy, D G M ^b   Teichberg, D ^b   Campbell, G ^a   Sobering, G S ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral volumes; MRI nonuniformity correction; MRI segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030137265     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060316     Document Type: Article

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