Automated quality control of brain MR images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-319

  Gedamu, Elias L ^a   Collins, D L ^a   Arnold, Douglas L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated; Brain; Computer assisted image analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quality control; Quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 49049113457     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21434     Document Type: Article

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