Evaluation of three-dimensional image registration methodologies for in vivo micro-computed tomography

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1587-1599

  Boyd, Steven K ^a   Moser, Stephan ^a,b   Kuhn, Michael ^a,b   Klinck, Robert J ^a   Krauze, Peter L ^a   Müller, Ralph ^b   Gasser, Jürg A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image registration; Micro computed tomography; Osteoporosis; Rat models; Tibial bone micro structure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MEASURES; BONE DISEASE; BONE MICROARCHITECTURE; BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; FIDUCIAL MARKER; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE DATA; IMAGE INTERPOLATORS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LINEAR IMAGES; MICRO CT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; MUTUAL INFORMATION REGISTRATIONS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT MODEL; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SIMILARITY MEASURE; SPATIAL ALIGNMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

BONE; DISEASE CONTROL; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE AND BONES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35748935928     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9168-7     Document Type: Article

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