Analytically exact correction scheme for signal extraction from noisy magnitude MR signals
Analytically exact correction scheme for signal extraction from noisy magnitude MR signals
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmr.2006.01.016
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Basser, PJ
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作者:
Koay, CG;Basser, PJ
An analytically exact method is proposed to extract the signal intensity and the noise variance simultaneously from noisy magnitude MR signals. This method relies on a fixed point formula of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a correction factor. The correction factor, which is a function of SNR, establishes a fundamental link between the variance of the magnitude MR signal and the variance of the underlying Gaussian noise in the two quadrature channels. A more general but very similar method is developed for parallel signal acquisitions with multiple receiver coils. In the context of M R imaging, the proposed method can be carried out on a pixel-by-pixel basis if the mean and the standard deviation of the magnitude signal are available. Published by Elsevier Inc.