title: A locally adaptive registration technique for high precision registration of 3-D MRI data.
abstract: This study demonstrates how the rigid body registration parameters for good registration of serially acquired 3-D magnetic resonance images vary systematically when the registration routine is presented with a series of cropped data sets that are systematically positioned throughout the entire volume. The results of the registration of these subcubes are compared with the results of a single registration of the complete volume for two consecutive 3-D scans of the brain of a normal volunteer, with one scan having optimized shim coil currents and the other having all second-order shim coil currents set to zero. The technique is sensitive and able to reveal subvoxel misregistrations.
authors.affiliation: Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 2PZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Coley
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ansorge
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results