Paper Info
Title
Unraveling the Compromise between Skull Stripping and Inhomogeneity Correction in 3T MR Images
Abstract
Bias field (in homogeneity) correction and skull stripping are initial standard procedures in medical image analysis of the human brain. Several works have investigated the effects of prior in homogeneity correction on skull stripping using 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance (MR) images, but this question remains unanswered for higher magnetic fields. This paper fills this gap using 3 Tesla MR-images, by proposing a novel alternate sequence of skull stripping, morphological operations, in homogeneity correction and intensity standardization, with the first at the beginning and end of the sequence, denominated Iterative Skull Stripping methodology. Conversely to what happens in 1.5T images, experimental evaluation shows that, in 3 Tesla datasets, in homogeneity effect plays an important role in stripping the brain. This observation produces a deep impact on previous and future studies that rely on skull stripping operation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2012.10
SIBGRAPI
Keywords
Field
DocType
human brain,bias field,tesla mr-images,homogeneity effect,mr images,inhomogeneity correction,tesla datasets,higher magnetic field,tesla magnetic resonance,homogeneity correction,iterative skull stripping methodology,novel alternate sequence,segmentation,standardization,iterative methods
Computer vision,Homogeneity (statistics),Segmentation,Skull stripping,Artificial intelligence,Stripping (chemistry),Magnetic resonance imaging,Bias field,Physics
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1530-1834
978-1-4673-2802-9
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fábio A. M. Cappabianco19310.89
Paulo A. V. Vechiatto Miranda231326.26
Jaime S. Ide3527.82
Clarissa L. Yasuda4342.54
Alexandre X. Falcao5868.13
de Miranda, P.A.V.620.35