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The semi-implicit method we propose is well founded mathematically when the
time-discretized problems are dealt with and it represents a feasible alternative to gaus-
sian denoising for low SNR MR images. Further study is undoubtedly necessary in
order to make automatic the choice of the parameters in real medical images. Other
possibilities, such as Inverse scaling, which makes the parameter estimation less crucial
and provide contrast enhanced images shall also be explored.
Acknowledgements. This work was supported by project TEC2009-14587-C03-03 of
the Spanish Ministry of Science. Also we thank to Mrs. Eva Alfayate, MR-scanner
technician of the Fundacion Reina Sofıa, for her professional and kindly collaboration.
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