AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF CT AND MR BRAIN IMAGES USING CORRELATION OF GEOMETRICAL FEATURES

被引:71
作者
VANDENELSEN, PA
MAINTZ, JBA
POL, EJD
VIERGEVER, MA
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT RADIOL, RADIOL SCI LAB, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
[2] PHIILPS RES PALO ALTO, PALO ALTO, CA 93403 USA
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10.1109/42.387719
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
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081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
This paper describes an automated approach to register CT and MR brain images, Differential operators in scale space are applied to each type of image data, so as to produce feature images depicting ''ridgeness.'' The resulting CT and MR feature images show similarities which can be used for matching, No segmentation is needed and the method is devoid of human interaction, The matching is accomplished by hierarchical correlation techniques, Results of 2-D and 3-D matching experiments are presented, The correlation function ensures an accurate match even if the scanned volumes to be matched do not completely overlap, or if some of the features in the images are not similar.
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