Iterative algorithm for spatial and intensity normalization of MEMRI images. Application to tract-tracing of rat olfactory pathways

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1304-1316

  Lehallier, Benoist ^a   Andrey, Philippe ^b,c   Maurin, Yves ^b   Bonny, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UR370 QuaPA   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Intensity normalization; MEMRI; Olfaction; Rat; Segmentation; Spatial normalization; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE CHLORIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ERROR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY NORMALIZATION; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; NONHUMAN; NORMALIZATION ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; SPATIAL NORMALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANGANESE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80054776039     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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