Finite element based interactive elastic image registration

Yechiel Lamash, Anath Fischer, Jonathan Lessick

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Abstract

Image registration is a central field in biomedical image analysis. Despite the large body of work on automatic image registration algorithms, in practice, results are often imperfect and can benefit from manual editing. In the current study, we propose a novel interactive registration tool that can be used for editing and refinement of automatic image registration results. The method is based on displacements to control points applied by the user to a finite element mesh representation of an organ of interest. The user-applied-displacements are translated to local forces using the organ’s elastic properties. The local user-derived forces are applied on the mesh and deform the image accordingly. We test the current method on 2D x-ray hand simulated data with non-continuous motion field and on 3D cardiac CT image data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Understanding and Analysis - 21st Annual Conference, MIUA 2017, Proceedings
EditorsVictor Gonzalez-Castro, Maria Valdes Hernandez
Pages594-604
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event21st Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, MIUA 2017 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Jul 201713 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume723

Conference

Conference21st Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, MIUA 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period11/07/1713/07/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

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