Quantitative image quality evaluation of MR images using perceptual difference models

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2541-2553

  Miao, Jun ^a   Huo, Donglai ^b   Wilson, David L ^a,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC; Detection; DSCQS; FMT; Image quality; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perceptual difference model

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NASA; QUALITY CONTROL;

DSCQS; FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE; PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE MODELING; QUANTITATIVE IMAGES; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SARNOFF CORPORATIONS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 44349090384     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2903207     Document Type: Article

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