TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays a pivotal role in medical diagnostics and research as a non-invasive imaging tool. The accuracy and reliability of clinical evaluations depend heavily on the quality of MRI images, making high-quality imaging indispensable. Unfortunately, many MRI scans are com...

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Main Author: Igor Stępień
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Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
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description Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays a pivotal role in medical diagnostics and research as a non-invasive imaging tool. The accuracy and reliability of clinical evaluations depend heavily on the quality of MRI images, making high-quality imaging indispensable. Unfortunately, many MRI scans are compromised by noise, artifacts, or distortions, highlighting the need for no-reference Image Quality Assessment (IQA) methods to evaluate MR image quality. The proposed Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images (TIQA-MRI) addresses this issue by offering a dedicated platform for assessing MR image quality. TIQA-MRI supports the development, testing, and evaluation of MR-IQA techniques through a collection of objective IQA methods and a curated dataset of MR images with subjective scores, facilitating comprehensive quality assessment. The toolbox allows users to evaluate the quality of their images and compare their MR-IQA techniques with existing methods. Implemented in MATLAB and available on GitHub, TIQA-MRI offers a standardized and accessible framework to advance research in MR image quality assessment.
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spelling doaj-art-e377e5255c5a470385cf712a8132158e2025-02-05T04:32:13ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102025-02-0129102073TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance ImagesIgor Stępień0Doctoral School of Engineering and Technical Sciences at the Rzeszow University of Technology, al. Powstancow Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszow, PolandMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays a pivotal role in medical diagnostics and research as a non-invasive imaging tool. The accuracy and reliability of clinical evaluations depend heavily on the quality of MRI images, making high-quality imaging indispensable. Unfortunately, many MRI scans are compromised by noise, artifacts, or distortions, highlighting the need for no-reference Image Quality Assessment (IQA) methods to evaluate MR image quality. The proposed Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images (TIQA-MRI) addresses this issue by offering a dedicated platform for assessing MR image quality. TIQA-MRI supports the development, testing, and evaluation of MR-IQA techniques through a collection of objective IQA methods and a curated dataset of MR images with subjective scores, facilitating comprehensive quality assessment. The toolbox allows users to evaluate the quality of their images and compare their MR-IQA techniques with existing methods. Implemented in MATLAB and available on GitHub, TIQA-MRI offers a standardized and accessible framework to advance research in MR image quality assessment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000408Image quality assessmentMagnetic resonance imagesPerceptual image qualityToolboxBenchmark
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Benchmark
title TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images
title_full TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images
title_fullStr TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images
title_full_unstemmed TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images
title_short TIQA-MRI: Toolbox for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Images
title_sort tiqa mri toolbox for perceptual image quality assessment of magnetic resonance images
topic Image quality assessment
Magnetic resonance images
Perceptual image quality
Toolbox
Benchmark
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000408
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