Modules:N3MRIBiasFieldCorrection

N3 MRI Bias Field Correction

Screenshot before applying N3 MRI Bias Field Correction

File:N3 MRI Bias Field Correction after.png Screenshot after applying N3 MRI Bias Field Correction

General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: CLI

Category: Filtering

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• Author: Nicolas Rannou, Sylvain Jaume
• Contact: nrannou at bwh.harvard.edu, sylvain at csail.mit.edu

Module Description

This module applies a bias field correction to an MRI image based on the method 'Non-parametric Non-uniform Intensity Normalization' (N3) described by Sled et al in IEEE TMI 1998.

References

• A non-parametric method for automatic correction of intensity non-uniformity in MRI data, J.G. Sled, A.P. Zijdenbos, and A.C. Evans, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.17, pp.87-97, February 1998.

• A comparison of retrospective intensity non-uniformity correction methods for MRI, J.G. Sled, A.P. Zijdenbos, and A.C. Evans, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, pp.459-464, 1997.

• A non-parametric method for automatic correction of intensity non-uniformity in MRI data, J.G. Sled, Master's thesis, McGill University, Montreal, QC, May 1997.