Bias field correction using grey-weighted distance transform applied on MR volumes

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 357-360

  Khan Niazi, M Khalid ^a,b   Nyström, Ingela ^a,b   Ibrahim, Muhammad Talal ^c   Guan, Ling ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Image Analysis   (Sweden)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fourier transform; Grey weighted distance; MR volumes

Indexed keywords

BIAS ARTIFACT; BIAS FIELD; DATA SETS; DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; GREY-WEIGHTED DISTANCE; MAGNITUDE SPECTRUM; MR VOLUMES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METADATA;

HIGH PASS FILTERS;

EID: 80055043628     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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