scholarly journals A Medical Image Registration Method Based on Progressive Images

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Qian Zheng ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Xiaojuan Ba ◽  
Shan Liu ◽  
Jiaofen Nan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Registration ◽  
Mutual Information ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Medical Image Analysis ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Medical Image Registration ◽  
Registration Method ◽  
Multimodal Registration ◽  
Coarse Registration ◽  
Registration Result

Background. Medical image registration is an essential task for medical image analysis in various applications. In this work, we develop a coarse-to-fine medical image registration method based on progressive images and SURF algorithm (PI-SURF) for higher registration accuracy. Methods. As a first step, the reference image and the floating image are fused to generate multiple progressive images. Thereafter, the floating image and progressive image are registered to get the coarse registration result based on the SURF algorithm. For further improvement, the coarse registration result and the reference image are registered to perform fine image registration. The appropriate progressive image has been investigated by experiments. The mutual information (MI), normal mutual information (NMI), normalized correlation coefficient (NCC), and mean square difference (MSD) similarity metrics are used to demonstrate the potential of the PI-SURF method. Results. For the unimodal and multimodal registration, the PI-SURF method achieves the best results compared with the mutual information method, Demons method, Demons+B-spline method, and SURF method. The MI, NMI, and NCC of PI-SURF are improved by 15.5%, 1.31%, and 7.3%, respectively, while MSD decreased by 13.2% for the multimodal registration compared with the optimal result of the state-of-the-art methods. Conclusions. The extensive experiments show that the proposed PI-SURF method achieves higher quality of registration.

scholarly journals Nonrigid 3D Medical Image Registration and Fusion Based on Deformable Models

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Liu ◽  
Benjamin Eberhardt ◽  
Christian Wybranski ◽  
Jens Ricke ◽  
Lutz Lüdemann
Keyword(s):  
Image Registration ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Intensity Difference ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Medical Image Registration ◽  
Volume Deformation ◽  
Clinical Images ◽  
Registration Method ◽  
Affine Registration

For coregistration of medical images, rigid methods often fail to provide enough freedom, while reliable elastic methods are available clinically for special applications only. The number of degrees of freedom of elastic models must be reduced for use in the clinical setting to archive a reliable result. We propose a novel geometry-based method of nonrigid 3D medical image registration and fusion. The proposed method uses a 3D surface-based deformable model as guidance. In our twofold approach, the deformable mesh from one of the images is first applied to the boundary of the object to be registered. Thereafter, the non-rigid volume deformation vector field needed for registration and fusion inside of the region of interest (ROI) described by the active surface is inferred from the displacement of the surface mesh points. The method was validated using clinical images of a quasirigid organ (kidney) and of an elastic organ (liver). The reduction in standard deviation of the image intensity difference between reference image and model was used as a measure of performance. Landmarks placed at vessel bifurcations in the liver were used as a gold standard for evaluating registration results for the elastic liver. Our registration method was compared with affine registration using mutual information applied to the quasi-rigid kidney. The new method achieved 15.11% better quality with a high confidence level of 99% for rigid registration. However, when applied to the quasi-elastic liver, the method has an averaged landmark dislocation of 4.32 mm. In contrast, affine registration of extracted livers yields a significantly () smaller dislocation of 3.26 mm. In conclusion, our validation shows that the novel approach is applicable in cases where internal deformation is not crucial, but it has limitations in cases where internal displacement must also be taken into account.

An Improved Approach of Mutual Information Based Registration for Medical Images

2013 ◽  
Vol 433-435 ◽  
pp. 368-371
Author(s):  
Shun Sen Guo ◽  
Yong Xia ◽  
Kuan Quan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Image Registration ◽  
Mutual Information ◽  
Similarity Measure ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Medical Images ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Medical Image Registration ◽  
The Way

Mutual information stems from communication theory, which is commonly used as similarity measure in the field of medical image registration. This approach works directly with image data; no pre-processing or segmentation is required. But calculating the mutual information of images needs a large amount of computation, which in some respect restricts its application. In this paper, by doing some processing on the reference image before the registration, we changed the way of calculating the mutual information to reduce the computation. The result of the experiments shows that the accuracy of registration does not change significantly, whereas the time of calculating the mutual information is decreased significantly.

scholarly journals Analysis and Research of Subclinical Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Lesions Based on Mutual Information-based Medical Image Registration Algorithm and Colour Ultrasound Imaging (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nailong Jia ◽  
Long Fan ◽  
Chuanzi Li ◽  
Zhongshi Nie ◽  
Suihuang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Registration ◽  
Mutual Information ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Hybrid Optimization ◽  
Medical Image Registration ◽  
Hybrid Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Subclinical Diabetes

BACKGROUND Background: At present, the incidence of diabetes is on the rise. When doctors diagnose and treat patients' diseases, they often need to image patients to provide complementary information on patient anatomy and functional metabolism. OBJECTIVE Objective: The aim was to understand the morphological features of peripheral blood vessels of diabetes more accurately and explore its Risk factors for the occurrence of lesions for early diagnosis and early prevention. METHODS Methods: The paper selected subclinical diabetes patients admitted to our hospital from October 2013 to October 2018 as a research object. After performing colour Doppler ultrasonography on peripheral blood vessels, images of ultrasound images were taken. Then the paper proposes a multi-mode medical image registration method based on hybrid optimization algorithm for the multi-extreme problem of mutual information function. Mutual information is used as the similarity measure. The hybrid optimization algorithm is used to search for the best registration exchange parameters. The quasi-colour super images are exchanged for registration purposes. RESULTS Results: The experimental results show that the hybrid optimization algorithm can accurately analyse the colour ultrasound image of the peripheral blood vessels of subclinical diabetes, avoiding falling into the local optimal value, and the accuracy of the registration result reaches the sub-pixel level. CONCLUSIONS Conclusion: With the rapid development of imaging technology, the increasing image resolution, and the increasing amount of image data, parallel performance is high. The quasi-method has a very important significance for multi-modal medical image registration. The parameters in this algorithm can be further optimized. CLINICALTRIAL

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