Measuring information gain for frequency-encoded super-resolution MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1058-1069

  Mayer, Gregory S ^a   Vrscay, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information content; MR image reconstruction; Multiple acquisitions; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 34547812497     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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