Automatic removal of extrameningeal tissues from MR images of human brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 939-943

  Bedell, Barry J ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Extrameningeal tissues; FLAIR; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MTC; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MENINX; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030278974     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060616     Document Type: Article

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