DT-MRI regularization using 3D nonlinear gradient vector flow anisotropic diffusion

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 1880-1883

  Kim, T S ^a   Kim, S ^b   Hwang, D ^b   Singh, M ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic Diffusion; Denoising; DT MRI; Fractional Anisotropy; Regularization; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; RANDOM ERRORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VECTORS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (DT-MRI); FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; REGULARIZATION; TRACTOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 11144343331     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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