Automated model-based bias field correction of MR images of the brain

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 885-896

  Van Leemput, Koen ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bias field; Digital brain atlas; MRI; Tissue classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TISSUE;

BIAS CORRECTION ALGORITHM; BIAS FIELD; DIGITAL BRAIN ATLAS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033201365     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.811268     Document Type: Article

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