Evaluation of correction methods for coil-induced intensity inhomogeneities and their influence on trabecular bone structure parameters from MR images

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1267-1274

  Folkesson, Jenny ^a   Krug, Roland ^a   Goldenstein, Janet ^a   Issever, Ahi S ^a   Fang, Charles ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coil correction; intensity inhomogeneities; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LOW PASS FILTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIRECT EVALUATIONS; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; LOW-PASS FILTERING; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; TRABECULAR BONE STRUCTURES; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMUR; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63849186384     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3097281     Document Type: Article

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