How background noise shifts eigenvectors and increases eigenvalues in DTI

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Laun, Frederik Bernd ^a   Schad, Lothar Rudi ^b   Klein, Jan ^c   Stieltjes, Bram ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Background noise; Diffusion tensor imaging; Eigenvalues; Eigenvector shift; High b value; Overestimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 67650501240     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-008-0159-6     Document Type: Article

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