A nonparametric method for automatic correction of intensity nonuniformity in mri data

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Sled, John G ^a   Zijdenbos, Alex P ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intensity nonuniformity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rf field inhomogeneity; Shading artifact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

INTENSITY NONUNIFORMITY; NONPARAMETRIC NONUNIFORM INTENSITY NORMALIZATION; SHADING ARTIFACT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031987382     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.668698     Document Type: Article

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