Synthetic T1-weighted brain image generation with incorporated coil intensity correction using DESPOT1

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1241-1248

  Deoni, Sean C L ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^b,c   Peters, Terry M ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast imaging; Image intensity correction; Image intensity normalization; Synthetic imaging; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVEN EQUILIBRIUM SINGLE PULSE OBSERVATION OF T1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ARTIFACT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33750307560     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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