Noise in magnitude magnetic resonance images

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-416

  Cárdenas Blanco, Arturo ^a   Tejos, Cristian ^b   Irarrazaval, Pablo ^b   Cameron, Ian ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gaussian distribution; Magnitude image formation; Noise; Rayleigh distribution; Rician distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749102812     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: 15525023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20124     Document Type: Review

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