Rigid registration of 3-D ultrasound with MR images: a new approach combining intensity and gradient information.
We present a new image-based technique to rigidly register intraoperative three-dimensional ultrasound (US) with preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) images. Automatic registration is achieved by maximization of a similarity measure which generalizes the correlation ratio, and whose novelty is to incorporate multivariate information from the MR data (intensity and gradient). In addition, the similarity measure is built upon a robust intensity-based distance measure, which makes it possible to handle a variety of US artifacts. A cross-validation study has been carried out using a number of phantom and clinical data. This indicates that the method is quite robust and that the worst registration errors are of the order of the MR image resolution.
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INRIA-Projet Epidaure, Sophia Antipolis, France. aroche@sophia.inria.fr
Pennec
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Malandain
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D000465:Algorithms; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D013997:Time Factors