Registration of MR and CT images of the liver: Comparison of voxel similarity and surface based registration algorithms

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-114

  Lee, Wen Chi Christina ^a   Tublin, Mitchell E ^c   Chapman, Brian E ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image registration; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE;

BASELINE REGISTRATION METHOD; HEAD-AND-HAT ALGORITHMS; LIVERS; MULTI-SCALE SURFACE FITTING TECHNIQUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 17644391011     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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