Realistic simulation of artefacts in diffusion MRI for validating post-processing correction techniques

NeuroImage

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 1079-1094

  Graham, Mark S ^a   Drobnjak, Ivana ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefact correction; Diffusion MRI; Eddy currents; Motion; POSSUM; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDDY CURRENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GRAY MATTER; GROUND TRUTH; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE MODEL; MOTION; POST PROCESSING CORRECTION TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE VISUAL MEASURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SURROGATE METRIC; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84947484050     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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