Single image signal-to-noise ratio estimation for magnetic resonance images

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Sim, K S ^a   Lai, M A ^a   Tso, C P ^a   Teo, C C ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation function; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79952450630     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9339-9     Document Type: Article

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