A novel, fast entropy-minimization algorithm for bias field correction in MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Ji, Qing ^a   Glass, John O ^a   Reddick, Wilburn E ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate gradient method; Entropy minimization; Inhomogeneity correction; Magnetic resonance image; Parzen window

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENTROPY; FAST ENTROPY MINIMIZATION ALGORITHM; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTROPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33846490209     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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