Magnetic resonance imaging image intensity correction with extrapolation and adaptive smoothing

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 959-966

  Cheng, Hu ^a   Huang, Feng ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Invivo Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Gradient weighted smoothing; Inhomogeneity; Intensity correction; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOW PASS FILTERS;

ADAPTIVE SMOOTHING; CLOSEST POINT ALGORITHM; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOW-PASS FILTERING; SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SMOOTHING METHODS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; TIME;

EID: 33645769013     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20841     Document Type: Article

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