Elastic Matching Using a Deformation Sphere

  • Authors:
  • Jyrki Lötjönen;Timo Mäkelä

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • MICCAI '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

A novel method is proposed for elastic matching of two data volumes. A combination of mutual information, gradient information and smoothness of transformation is used to guide the deformation of another of the volumes. The deformation is accomplished in a multiresolution process by spheres containing a vector field. Position and radius of the spheres are varied. The feasibility of the method is demonstrated in two cases: matching inter-patient MR images of the head and intra-patient cardiac MR and PET images.