Partial volume (imaging)
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The partial volume effect occurs in medical imaging
and more generally in biological imaging
when a single voxel
contains a mixture of multiple tissue values. A higher resolution decreases this effect, as it better resolves the tissue. The method to correct for the partial volume effect is referred to as partial volume correction.
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
and more generally in biological imaging
Biological imaging
Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology.Typical examples include:* Bioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein...
when a single voxel
Voxel
A voxel is a volume element, representing a value on a regular grid in three dimensional space. This is analogous to a pixel, which represents 2D image data in a bitmap...
contains a mixture of multiple tissue values. A higher resolution decreases this effect, as it better resolves the tissue. The method to correct for the partial volume effect is referred to as partial volume correction.