Measuring the signal-to-noise ratio in magnetic resonance imaging: A caveat

Signal Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1035-1040

  Erdogmus, Deniz ^a   Larsson, Erik G ^a   Yan, Rui ^a   Principe, Jose C ^a   Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HUMAN OBSERVERS; NONLINEAR OPERATIONS; NONLINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 2342646159     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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