Contrast enhancement of MRI images

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 255-258

  Al Manea, A ^a   El Zaart, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Contrast image enhancement; Desired histogram; Gamma distribution; Histogram specification

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUALIZERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SPECIFICATIONS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESIRED HISTOGRAM; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGES; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; HISTOGRAM SPECIFICATIONS; PRIOR PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84928887922     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68017-8_66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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