A new method for MR grayscale inhomogeneity correction

Artificial Intelligence Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Balafar, M A ^a   Ramli, A R ^a   Mashohor, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Inhomogeneity correction; Max filter

Indexed keywords

BRAIN IMAGES; BRAIN MRI; COMMONLY USED; FILTER-BASED; GRAY SCALE; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INTENSITY CHANGE; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; KERNEL SIZE; MAX FILTERS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77956902267     PISSN: 02692821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10462-010-9169-7     Document Type: Article

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