A new non-local maximum likelihood estimation method for Rician noise reduction in magnetic resonance images using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Signal Processing

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-23

  Rajan, Jeny ^a   Den Dekker, Arnold J ^b,c   Sijbers, Jan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Denoising; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; MRI; Noise; Non central chi square distribution; Non local maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE DENOISING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOISE ABATEMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DE-NOISING; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; NOISE; NONLOCAL;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; IMAGE DENOISING;

EID: 84901239155     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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