Intensity correction with a pair of spoiled gradient recalled echo images

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3473-3489

  Noterdaeme, Olivier ^a   Anderson, Mark ^b   Gleeson, Fergus ^b   Brady, Sir Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS FIELD; BRAIN MRI; GRADIENT ECHO; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHOS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POST PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; REPETITION TIME; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE; BONE MARROW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249235508     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/11/013     Document Type: Article

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