Title
An object-based method for Rician noise estimation in MR images.
Abstract
The estimation of the noise level in MR images is used to assess the consistency of statistical analysis or as an input parameter in some image processing techniques. Most of the existing Rician noise estimation methods are based on background statistics, and as such are sensitive to ghosting artifacts. In this paper, a new object-based method is proposed. This method is based on the adaptation of the Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) estimator in the wavelet domain for Rician noise. The adaptation for Rician noise is performed by using only the wavelet coefficients corresponding to the object and by correcting the estimation with an iterative scheme based on the SNR of the image. A quantitative validation on synthetic phantom with artefacts is presented and a new validation framework is proposed to perform quantitative validation on real data. The results show the accuracy and the robustness of the proposed method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-04271-3_73
MICCAI
Keywords
Field
DocType
new object-based method,quantitative validation,rician noise estimation,existing rician noise estimation,wavelet coefficient,new validation framework,mr image,noise level,image processing technique,mr images,rician noise,object-based method,mri,statistical analysis
Computer vision,Median filter,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Imaging phantom,Image processing,Robustness (computer science),Median absolute deviation,Artificial intelligence,Wavelet,Ghosting,Estimator
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12
Pt 2
0302-9743
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
7
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pierrick Coupé1120960.13
José V. Manjón279539.24
Elias Gedamu3583.31
Douglas L Arnold434031.44
Montserrat Robles5106458.83
D. Louis Collins63915403.90