Automatic contrast enhancement of brain MR images using hierarchical correlation histogram analysis

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 724-734

  Chen, Chiao Min ^a   Chen, Chih Cheng ^b   Wu, Ming Chi ^c   Horng, Gwoboa ^b   Wu, Hsien Chu ^d   Hsueh, Shih Hua ^d   Ho, His Yun ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correlation histogram; Image enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ADAPTIVE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; QUANTITATIVE METHOD;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84957957073     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: 21994757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40846-015-0096-6     Document Type: Article

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