Segmentation-based retrospective correction of intensity non-uniformity in multi-spectral MR images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1531-1540

  Likar, Boštjan ^a   Derganc, Jože ^a   Pernuš, Franjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Intensity inhomogeneity; Medical image segmentation; Multi spectral MR imaging; Non uniformity correction; Shading

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036029373     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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