Intensity inhomogeneity correction using n3 on mouse brain magnetic resonance microscopy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 502-507

  Lin, Lan ^a   Wu, Shuicai ^a   Bin, Guangyu ^a   Yang, Chunlan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational neuroanatomy; Intensity inhomogeneity; Magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM); Mouse model; MRI; Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NORMALIZATION TECHNIQUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; WHITE MATTER;

COMPUTATIONAL NEUROANATOMY; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY (MRM); MOUSE MODEL; MRI; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885841994     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12041     Document Type: Article

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