Comparison of multiecho postprocessing schemes for SWI with use of linear and nonlinear mask functions

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-44

  Quinn, Matthew P ^a,b   Gati, J S ^b   Klassen, L M ^b   Lin, A W ^a   Bird, J R ^a   Leung, S E ^a   Menon, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LINEAR MASK FUNCTION; MALE; NONLINEAR MASK FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIVENTRICULAR VEIN; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RED NUCLEUS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL VEINS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892702737     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3584     Document Type: Article

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