Stochastic rank correlation: A robust merit function for 2D/3D registration of image data obtained at different energies

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3420-3428

  Birkfellner, Wolfgang ^a   Stock, Markus ^a   Figl, Michael ^a   Gendrin, Christelle ^a   Hummel, Johann ^a   Dong, Shuo ^a   Kettenbach, Joachim ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Bergmann, Helmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM ACCURACIES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENT;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 68149160229     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3157111     Document Type: Article

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