# How I can enhance low quality MRI Image?

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-i-can-enhance-low-quality-mri-image/5724
**Category:** Feature requests
**Tags:** dicom
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-i-can-enhance-low-quality-mri-image/5724 "2019-02-11T11:31:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Ash\_Alarfaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ash_alarfaj/32/3327_2.png) [@Ash\_Alarfaj](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Ash_Alarfaj)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-i-can-enhance-low-quality-mri-image/5724/1 "2019-02-11T11:31:28Z")

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I have MRI images with a low signal to noise ratio. could 3Dslicer enhance the images so the image contrast becomes better?

thanks

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### Author: ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-i-can-enhance-low-quality-mri-image/5724/2 "2019-02-11T13:32:11Z")

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Generally the best you can do is trade off, say, between smoothness vs resolution, using various filters. A lot of useful image processing filters are available via the SimpleFilters module.

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### Author: ![mahnaz\_khazaei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/mahnaz_khazaei/32/13255_2.png) [@mahnaz\_khazaei](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mahnaz_khazaei)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-i-can-enhance-low-quality-mri-image/5724/3 "2021-12-06T18:52:44Z")

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heloo. but there isn’t any document for Using Simple Filter like RichardsonLucy . 🙄