Novel and general approach to linear filter design for contrast-to-noise ratio enhancement of magnetic resonance images with multiple interfering features in the scene

Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh; Joe P. Windham

doi:10.1117/12.58698

1 April 1992 Novel and general approach to linear filter design for contrast-to-noise ratio enhancement of magnetic resonance images with multiple interfering features in the scene

Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Joe P. Windham

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 1, Issue 2, (April 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58698

Abstract

Maximizing the minimum absolute contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs) between a desired feature and multiple interfering processes, by linear combination of images in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scene sequence, is attractive for MRI analysis and interpretation. A general formulation of the problem is presented, along with a novel solution utilizing the simple and numerically stable method of Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization. We derive explicit solutions for the case of two interfering features first, then for three interfering features, and, finally, using a typical example, for an arbitrary number of interfering features. For the case of two interfering features, we also provide simplified analytical expressions for the signal-to-noise ratios(SNRs)and CNRs of the filtered images. The technique is demonstrated through its applications to simulated and acquired MRI scene sequences of a human brain with a cerebral infarction. For these applications, a 50 to 100% improvement for the smallest absolute CNR is obtained.

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Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh and Joe P. Windham "Novel and general approach to linear filter design for contrast-to-noise ratio enhancement of magnetic resonance images with multiple interfering features in the scene," Journal of Electronic Imaging 1(2), (1 April 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58698

Published: 1 April 1992

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