Interplay between intensity standardization and inhomogeneity correction in MR image processing

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-576

  Madabhushi, Anant ^a   Udupa, Jayaram K ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Image processing; Inhomogeneity correction; MRI; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL NONSTANDARDNESS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; INTENSITY STANDARDIZATION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 18844365683     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.843256     Document Type: Article

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