title: MiniMATCH: a simple method for local data transfer between MRI and CT scan sets.
abstract: A comparison of the spatial position of distinct locations within cranial MRI and CT scan sets can easily be done with a simple algorithm designed as a computer program. After determination of a basic system formed by the coordinates of anatomical landmarks in CT and MRI, arbitrary points can be identified on one scan set and transferred quantitatively to the other. Pros and cons of the method are discussed and opposed to the properties of specifically designed image processing systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bockermann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Birbilis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Markakis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*