Local Contrast Normalization to Improve Preprocessing in MRI of the Brain

• Published in: Bioengineering and Biomedical Signal and Image Processing pp. 255 - 266
• Main Authors: Placidi, Giuseppe, Polsinelli, Matteo
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Image interpretation; Image segmentation; Local contrast normalization; Medical imaging; MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a fundamental medical tool for its versatility and richness of parameters. This allows the implementation of several imaging sequences capable to create high contrast images. However, contrast is also modified by magnetic field strength, system manufacturer and in...