Error propagation in eigenimage filtering

H Soltanian-Zadeh; J P Windham; J M Jenkins

doi:10.1109/42.61756

Error propagation in eigenimage filtering

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1990;9(4):405-20. doi: 10.1109/42.61756.

Authors

H Soltanian-Zadeh¹, J P Windham, J M Jenkins

Affiliation

¹ Dept. of Diagnostic Radiol. and Med. Imaging, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

PMID: 18222788
DOI: 10.1109/42.61756

Abstract

Mathematical derivation of error (noise) propagation in eigenimage filtering is presented. Based on the mathematical expressions, a method for decreasing the propagated noise given a sequence of images is suggested. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the final composite image are compared to the SNRs and CNRs of the images in the sequence. The consistency of the assumptions and accuracy of the mathematical expressions are investigated using sequences of simulated and real magnetic resonance (MR) images of an agarose phantom and a human brain.