Reduction of noise in medullary renograms from dynamic MR images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Giele, E L W ^a   De Priester, J A ^b   Blom, J A ^a   Den Boer, J A ^b   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^b   Hasman, A ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Dynamic MR; Kidney; Kidney MR; Noise reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033951470     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200002)11:2<149::AID-JMRI11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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