Non-local graph-based regularization for deformable image registration

Bartłomiej W. Papież, Adam Szmul, Vicente Grau, J. Michael Brady, Julia A. Schnabel

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Abstract

Deformable image registration aims to deliver a plausible spatial transformation between two or more images by solving a highly dimensional, ill-posed optimization problem. Covering the complexity of physiological motion has so far been limited to either generic physical models or local motion regularization models. This paper presents an alternative, graphical regularization model, which captures well the non-local scale of motion, and thus enables to incorporate complex regularization models directly into deformable image registration. In order to build the proposed graph-based regularization, a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST), which represents the underlying tissue physiology in a perceptually meaningful way, is computed first. This is followed by a fast non-local cost aggregation algorithm that performs regularization of the estimated displacement field using the precomputed MST. To demonstrate the advantage of the presented regularization, we embed it into the widely used Demons registration framework. The presented method is shown to improve the accuracy for exhale-inhale CT data pairs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Computer Vision and Bayesian and Graphical Models for Biomedical Imaging - MICCAI 2016 International Workshops, MCV and BAMBI, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsTal Arbel, Georg Langs, Mark Jenkinson, Bjoern Menze, William M. Wells III, Albert C.S. Chung, B. Michael Kelm, Weidong Cai, Albert Montillo, Dimitris Metaxas, M. Jorge Cardoso, Shaoting Zhang, Annemie Ribbens, Henning Muller
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages199-207
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319611877
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, MCV 2016, and of the International Workshop on Bayesian and grAphical Models for Biomedical Imaging, BAMBI 2016, held in conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 21 Oct 201621 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10081 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, MCV 2016, and of the International Workshop on Bayesian and grAphical Models for Biomedical Imaging, BAMBI 2016, held in conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period21/10/1621/10/16

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