A simple method for estimating the noise level in a signal region of an MR image

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5072-5079

  Steckner, Michael C ^a  

^a Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; noise; signal to noise; SNR

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIXELS;

MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVERS; NOISE; NOISE VARIANCE; NON-UNIFORMITIES; PHANTOM IMAGES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SIGNAL TO NOISE; THREE COMPONENT;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

WATER;

ARTIFACT; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 77956303576     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3480511     Document Type: Article

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