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Module Name

MRIBiasFieldCorrection

User Interface

Output

General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: CLI

Category: Filtering

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• Sylvain Jaume: MIT CSAIL
• Nicolas Rannou: ISEN (France)
• Ron Kikinis: BWH Harvard Medical School
• Contact: sylvain at csail.mit.edu

Screenshot of the MRIBiasFieldCorrection module in Slicer3 during development. The screenshot illustrates the application of the MRI Bias Field Correction on the SPL Atlas. Note that the interface was simplified for the production version. The top left window shows the mask used to defined the ROI where the correction will be applied. The top right window shows the rendering of the 3D model created using the mask. The bottom left window shows one slice in the input image. Note the intensity inhomogeneity from the bottom left corner (dark) to the top right corner (bright). The bottom right window shows the output image after the application of the MRI Bias Field Correction module. The parameters used for the correction are shown on the left panel of the Slicer3 interface.

Module Description

The module filters the image to remove the intensity inhomogeneity due to the MRI image acquisition.

Usage

• Load the input dataset (Main menu: Add Volume)
• Create a Mask Volume using the Editor (Modules > Editor) (the Threshold tool should give a good result)
• Select the MRIBiasFieldCorrection module (Modules > Filtering > MRIBiasFieldCorrection)
• In the left panel, select the Input Volume
• Select the Mask Volume
• In the Preview Volume menu , select 'Create New Volume'
• Do the same for the Output Volume menu
• Modify the parameter values if desired (default values gave good results during our experiments)
• Click on Apply.

Close-up of the above screenshot showing the image before and after correction. Note that the intensity inhomogeneity visible in the input image (left) has been corrected in the output image (right).

It took 32 min to process a 512x512x30 MRI volume on a MacBook laptop. To visualize the result:

• Deselect the Overlay volume,
• Select the input as Background volume and the output as Foreground volume.
• Go to Modules > Volumes
• Select the input volume, and write down the values for Window and Level
• Select the output volume, and apply the same values
• Move the lower left cursor in 'Manipulate Slice Views' between B (background) and F (foreground)

Tests

On the Dashboard, these tests verify that the module is working on various platforms:

• MyModuleTest1 MyModuleTest1.cxx
• MyModuleTest2 MyModuleTest2.cxx

Known bugs

Links to known bugs in the Slicer3 bug tracker

• Bug 000: description

Usability issues

Follow this link to the Slicer3 bug tracker. Please select the usability issue category when browsing or contributing.

Source code & documentation

Links to the module's source code:

Source code:

• Source code

Doxygen documentation:

• class1

More Information

Acknowledgment

This work has been supported by NA-MIC (PI: Ron Kikinis).

References

• A Nonparametric Method for Automatic Correction of Intensity Nonuniformity in MRI Data, J.G. Sled, A.P. Zijdenbos, and A.C. Evans, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 17(1):87–97, Feb 1998.
• Parametric Estimate of Intensity Inhomogeneities Applied to MRI, M. Styner, C. Brechbhler, G. Szekely, and G. Gerig, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 19(3):153–165, Mar 2000.
• N4ITK: Nick's N3 ITK Implementation For MRI Bias Field Correction, Tustison N., Gee J., Insight Journal, 2009.