Correction of bias field in MR images using singularity function analysis

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1067-1085

  Luo, Jianhua ^a,b,c   Zhu, Yuemin ^c   Clarysse, Patrick ^c   Magnin, Isabelle ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LISHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bias field; Image segmentation; Intensity inhomogeneity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Singularity function

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIAS FIELD; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; SINGULARITY FUNCTION SPACE (SFS); SINGULARITY FUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844486768     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2005.852066     Document Type: Article

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