Nonlinear smoothing for reduction of systematic and random errors in diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 702-710

  Parker, Geoffrey J M ^a   Schnabel, Julia A ^b,c   Symms, Mark R ^a   Werring, David J ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Noise reduction; Signal to noise ratio; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034117676     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200006)11:6<702::AID-JMRI18>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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