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An extensible MRI simulator for post-processing evaluation

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Visualization in Biomedical Computing (VBC 1996)

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An extensible object-oriented MRI simulation system is presented. This simulator uses first-principle modelling based on the Bloch equations to implement a discrete-event simulation of NMR signal production. A model of the image production process, incorporating noise and partial volume effects, has also been developed based on first-principles. This is used to generate realistic simulated MRI volumes, based on a labelled data set, for the evaluation of classification algorithms and other post-processing routines.

This work has been supported by a fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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  1. McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, H3A 2B4, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Remi K. -S. Kwan, Alan C. Evans & G. Bruce Pike

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  1. Remi K. -S. Kwan
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Karl Heinz Höhne Ron Kikinis

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Kwan, R.K.S., Evans, A.C., Pike, G.B. (1996). An extensible MRI simulator for post-processing evaluation. In: Höhne, K.H., Kikinis, R. (eds) Visualization in Biomedical Computing. VBC 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0046947

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