Effect of geometrical distortion correction in MR on image registration accuracy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 666-679

  Maurer, Calvin R ^a,c   Aboutanos, Georges B ^a   Dawant, Benoit M ^a   Gadamsetty, Srikanth ^a   Margolin, Richard A ^b   Maciunas, Robert J ^c   Fitzpatrick, J Michael ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image correction; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging, physics and instrumentation; Magnetic resonance imaging, techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE REGISTRATION; NEUROSURGERY;

DISTORTIONS CORRECTIONS; GEOMETRICAL DISTORTION; IMAGE-CORRECTION; IMAGES REGISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING PHYSICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, TECHNIQUE; MR HEADS; MR-IMAGES; TARGET REGISTRATION ERRORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 8944225505     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199607000-00032     Document Type: Article

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