Image feature based automatic correction of low-frequency spatial intensity variations in MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1167-1175

  Koivula, Antero ^a   Alakuijala, Jyrki ^a   Tervonen, Osmo ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Image intensity correction; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Nonuniformity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 0030657452     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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