Field map reconstruction in magnetic resonance imaging using Bayesian estimation

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 266-279

  Baselice, Fabio ^a   Ferraioli, Giampaolo ^a   Shabou, Aymen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Field map estimation; Graph cuts; Magnetic resonance imaging; Markov Random Field; Phase unwrapping

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; FIELD MAP ESTIMATIONS; GRAPH-CUTS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; PHASE UNWRAPPING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951751786     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100266     Document Type: Article

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