Quantitative study of renormalization transformation method to correct the inhomogeneity in MR images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1002-1009

  Ji, Qing ^a   Reddick, Wilburn E ^a   Glass, John O ^a   Krynetskiy, Evgeny ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Image Filter; Image Segmentation; Inhomogeneity; MR images; Renormalization Transformation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

IMAGE FILTERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036028245     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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