A parametric gradient descent MRI intensity inhomogeneity correction algorithm

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1657-1666

  García Sebastián, Maite ^a   Fernández, Elsa ^a   Graña, Manuel ^a   Torrealdea, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intensity inhomogeneity correction; MRI; Parametric methods

Indexed keywords

BRAINWEB SITE SIMULATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; MRI INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; MULTIPLICATIVE INHOMOGENEITY FIELD; RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE RECOGNITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RESTORATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34447324068     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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