Coil sensitivity estimation for optimal SNR reconstruction and intensity inhomogeneity correction in phased array MR imaging

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3565, Issue , 2005, Pages 603-614

  Vemuri, Prashanthi ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene G ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^a   Chapman, Brian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COIL SENSITIVITY ESTIMATION; ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS; SUM-OF-SQUARES (SOS); TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34047224433     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11505730_50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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