DBP3:Utah:SlicerModuleInhomogeneity

CARMA Inhomogeneity Correction Filter

Inhomogeneity correction, original above, corrected below

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• CARMA Center, University of Utah: Alan Morris, Eugene Kholmovski, Josh Cates, Rob MacLeod

General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: CLI

Category: Cardiac MRI Toolkit

Module Description

This module implements a local intensity correction for inhomogeneities due to coil placement in cardiac LGE-MRI images. It fits a gradient function to the image data and normalizes accordingly. Note that this is not a whole image correction and it is specific to LGE MRI cardiac images. The input to this module is a segmented region on which to base the intensity gradient model and a segmentation of the region of interest to apply the correction. There are no parameters.

Usage

Examples, Use Cases & Tutorials

• This module is meant to be used for MRI scans where local inhomogeneity has been detected
• CARMA Automatic Cardiac MRI Inhomogeneity Correction Filter Tutorial

Quick Tour of Features and Use

The following are the inputs and outputs

• MRI Image : Select the DE-MRI image
• Blood Pool mask : Select the label map for the blood pool
• ROI mask : Select the label map for the targeted region of interest
• Corrected Output : The output volume

Development

Source Code & Documentation

The source code for this module can be found at the GitHub repository.