Integration of the denoising, inpainting and local harmonic Bz algorithm for MREIT imaging of intact animals

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7541-7556

  Jeon, Kiwan ^a   Kim, Hyung Joong ^b   Lee, Chang Ock ^c   Seo, Jin Keun ^d   Woo, Eung Je ^b  

^a National Institute for Mathematical Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; CONDUCTIVITY IMAGE; CONDUCTIVITY IMAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL CONDUCTIVITY; CURRENT INJECTIONS; DATA SUBJECTS; DE-NOISING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARMONIC B; HUMAN SUBJECTS; HYBRID METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; IMAGING OBJECTS; INPAINTING; ISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; LOCAL REGION; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITIES; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; MR SIGNALS; MULTIPLE CURRENTS; NOISE LEVELS; PHASE CHANGE; SURFACE ELECTRODE; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TECHNICAL PROBLEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650058645     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/24/010     Document Type: Article

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