Estimating the bias field of MR images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-251

  Guillemaud, Régis ^a   Brady, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias field; Inhomogeneity correction; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TISSUE;

BIAS FIELD; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031150141     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.585758     Document Type: Article

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