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.
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