title: Graphical 3D medical image registration and quantification.
abstract: We present a graphical three-dimensional method that facilitates image registration and fusion, and provides quantitative geometric and volume information. In particular it enhances the use of functional (radiopharmaceutical) imaging (SPECT, PET) which, though a powerful clinical tool, has the disadvantage of low spatial resolution and ill-defined boundaries. Registration between functional images and structural images (MRI, CT) can augment the anatomical context of these functional images.
authors.affiliation: IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gorniak
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Noz
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000295:instrumentation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012984:Software; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals