Image restoration and spatial resolution in 7-tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Lohmann, Gabriele ^a   Bohn, Stefan ^b   Müller, Karsten ^a   Trampel, Robert ^a   Turner, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

High field magnetic resonance imaging; Image restoration; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; RESTORATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; HIGH FIELD; IMAGE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; RESTORATION PROCEDURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

7 TESLA NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77953930703     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22488     Document Type: Article

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