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MR image preprocessing is a fundamental step to assure the success of any quantitative analysis pipeline. Such preprocessing can be composed of different processes, each of them aimed either to improve image quality or to standardize its geometric and intensity patterns. In this chapter, several of these techniques will be presented and discussed.

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Manjón, J.V. (2017). MRI Preprocessing. In: Martí-Bonmatí, L., Alberich-Bayarri, A. (eds) Imaging Biomarkers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43504-6_5

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