A wavelet-based method for improving signal-to-noise ratio and contrast in MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Alexander, M E ^a   Baumgartner, R ^a   Summers, A R ^a   Windischberger, C ^b   Klarhoefer, M ^b   Moser, E ^b   Somorjai, R L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NMR Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias variance tradeoff; Contrast; De noising; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; FINGERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0034100674     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00128-9     Document Type: Article

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