Morphological and linear scale spaces for fiber enhancement in DW-MRI

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-368

  Duits, Remco ^a   Dela Haije, Tom ^a   Creusen, Eric ^a   Ghosh, Arpan ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bellman processes; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Diffusion Weighted MRI; Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equations; Morphological scale spaces; Sub Riemannian manifolds; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CONVOLUTION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EROSION; FIBERS; HAMILTONIANS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); TENSORS; VISCOSITY;

DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; HAMILTON JACOBI BELLMAN EQUATION; MORPHOLOGICAL SCALE-SPACE; SUB-RIEMANNIAN; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

EID: 84879461736     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-012-0387-2     Document Type: Article

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