Measurements of MTF and SNR (f) using a subtraction method in MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2961-2972

  Miyati, Tosiaki ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^b   Kasuga, Toshio ^a   Koshida, Kichiro ^a   Sanada, Shigeru ^a   Banno, Tatsuo ^c   Mase, Mitsuhito ^d   Yamada, Kazuo ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SPATIAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN (SNR(F)) ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

ARTIFACTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037151339     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/16/311     Document Type: Article

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