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Multimodality Image Registration Using Spatial Procrustes Analysis and Modified Conditional Entropy

Published: 01 January 2009 Publication History
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    In this paper, we propose a new image registration technique using two kinds of information known as object shapes and voxel intensities. The proposed approach consists of two registration steps. First, an initial registration is carried out for two volume images by applying Procrustes analysis theory to the two sets of 3D feature points representing object shapes. During this first stage, a volume image is segmented by using a geometric deformable model. Then, 3D feature points are extracted from the boundary of a segmented object. We conduct an initial registration by applying Procrustes analysis theory with two sets of 3D feature points. Second, a fine registration is followed by using a new measure based on the entropy of conditional probabilities. Here, to achieve the final registration, we define a modified conditional entropy (MCE) computed from the joint histograms for voxel intensities of two given volume images. By using a two step registration method, we can improve the registration precision. To evaluate the performance of the proposed registration method, we conduct various experiments for our method as well as existing methods based on the mutual information (MI) and maximum likelihood (ML) criteria. We evaluate the precision of MI, ML and MCE-based measurements by comparing their registration traces obtained from magnetic resonance (MR) images and transformed computed tomography (CT) images with respect to x-translation and rotation. The experimental results show that our method has great potential for the registration of a variety of medical images.

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    cover image Journal of Signal Processing Systems
    Journal of Signal Processing Systems  Volume 54, Issue 1-3
    January 2009
    229 pages
    ISSN:1939-8018
    EISSN:1939-8115
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    Published: 01 January 2009

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    1. Geometric deformable model
    2. ITK
    3. Modified conditional entropy
    4. Quaternion
    5. Rigid transformation
    6. Spatial procrustes analysis
    7. Volume image segmentation and registration

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