title: Fast and robust three-dimensional best path phase unwrapping algorithm.
abstract: What we believe to be a novel three-dimensional (3D) phase unwrapping algorithm is proposed to unwrap 3D wrapped-phase volumes. It depends on a quality map to unwrap the most reliable voxels first and the least reliable voxels last. The technique follows a discrete unwrapping path to perform the unwrapping process. The performance of this technique was tested on both simulated and real wrapped-phase maps. And it is found to be robust and fast compared with other 3D phase unwrapping algorithms.
authors.affiliation: General Engineering Research Institute (GERI), Liverpool John Moores University, and North West Medical Physics, Developing Technologies Section, Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Hussein S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Abdul-Rahman
authors.forename: Munther A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gdeisat
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lalor
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Moore