Meeting Banner
Abstract #3123

Atlas-based brain extraction for bias field-affected structural imaging demonstrated using MPRAGE in marmoset

Isaac Huen1, Krishna Kanth Chitta1, Kuan Jin Lee2, Philip Lee3, Kheng Choon Lim4, Lisa F. P. Ng5, and Bhanu Prakash KN1

1Signal and Image Processing Group, Laboratory of Metabolic Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore, Singapore, 2MR Methods Development Group, Laboratory of Metabolic Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore, Singapore, 3Functional Metabolism Group, Laboratory of Metabolic Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore, Singapore, 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 5Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore, Singapore

Changes in volume and shape of structures under an intervention or disease state can be measured in many subjects by automatic segmentation of structural imaging. However, unwanted intensity variation (bias field artefact), such as observed using a surface coil, can compromise such segmentation. We investigated how this artefact could be resolved using post-processing, to yield accurate brain extraction from MPRAGE acquisition in a marmoset. This atlas-based method (ASM) significantly improved brain extraction, correcting multiple inaccuracies of the initial FSL-based method (FSM) such as exclusion of the olfactory bulb and inferior cerebellar structures, and is robust to bias field artefact.

This abstract and the presentation materials are available to members only; a login is required.

Join Here