Non-rigid image registration: Theory and practice

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2004, Pages

  Crum, W R ^a   Hartkens, T ^a   Hill, Derek L G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 14044270157     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/25329214     Document Type: Review

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