A review of methods for bias correction in medical images

S Song, Y Zheng, Y He - Biomedical Engineering Review, 2017 - esmed.org
Bias field in medical images is an undesirable artifact primarily arises from the improper
image acquisition process or the specific properties of the imaged object. This artifact can be …

Modified possibilistic fuzzy C-means algorithms for segmentation of magnetic resonance image

J Aparajeeta, PK Nanda, N Das - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
The brain magnetic resonance (MR) image has an embedded bias field. This field needs to
be corrected to obtain the actual MR image for classification. Bias field, being a slowly …

[HTML][HTML] A retinex modulated piecewise constant variational model for image segmentation and bias correction

Y Wu, M Li, Q Zhang, Y Liu - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a novel Retinex induced piecewise constant variational model for
simultaneous segmentation of images with intensity inhomogeneity and bias correction …

Is intensity inhomogeneity correction useful for classification of breast cancer in sonograms using deep neural network?

CY Lee, GL Chen, ZX Zhang… - Journal of healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The sonogram is currently an effective cancer screening and diagnosis way due to the
convenience and harmlessness in humans. Traditionally, lesion boundary segmentation is …

Brain tissue MR-image segmentation via optimum-path forest clustering

FAM Cappabianco, AX Falcao, CL Yasuda… - Computer Vision and …, 2012 - Elsevier
We present an accurate and fast approach for MR-image segmentation of brain tissues, that
is robust to anatomical variations and takes an average of less than 1min for completion on …

Deep convolutional neural networks for bias field correction of brain magnetic resonance images

Y Xu, Y Wang, S Hu, Y Du - The Journal of Supercomputing, 2022 - Springer
As a low-frequency and smooth signal, the bias field has a certain destructive effect on
magnetic resonance (MR) images and is the main obstacle for doctors' diagnosis and image …

Automatic quantification of muscle volumes in magnetic resonance imaging scans of the lower extremities

G Brunner, V Nambi, E Yang, A Kumar… - Magnetic resonance …, 2011 - Elsevier
Muscle volume measurements are essential for an array of diseases ranging from peripheral
arterial disease, muscular dystrophies, neurological conditions to sport injuries and aging. In …

An efficient algorithm for multiphase image segmentation with intensity bias correction

H Zhang, X Ye, Y Chen - IEEE transactions on image …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a variational model for simultaneous multiphase segmentation and
intensity bias estimation for images corrupted by strong noise and intensity inhomogeneity …

Possibilistic picture fuzzy product partition C-means clustering incorporating rich local information for medical image segmentation

C Wu, T Liu - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Picture fuzzy C-means clustering is a new computational intelligence method that has more
significant potential advantages than fuzzy clustering in medical image interpretation …

Retrospective correction of intensity inhomogeneity with sparsity constraints in transform-domain: application to brain MRI

MM George, S Kalaivani - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2019 - Elsevier
An effective retrospective correction method is introduced in this paper for intensity
inhomogeneity which is an inherent artifact in MR images. Intensity inhomogeneity problem …