Adaptive template filtering for signal-to-noise ratio enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 549-556

  Ahn, C B ^a   Song, Y C ^b   Park, D J ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b Medison MRI Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADAPTIVE TEMPLATE FILTERING; EDGE BLURRING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO ENHANCEMENT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033237792     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.781019     Document Type: Article

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