Non-rigid registration between 3D ultrasound and CT images of the liver based on intensity and gradient information

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-137

  Lee, Duhgoon ^a   Nam, Woo Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Young ^b   Ra, Jong Beom ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; ANATOMICAL FEATURES; ANATOMICAL REGIONS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; DATA SETS; GRADIENT INFORMATIONS; IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTION; JOINT HISTOGRAMS; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; NON-RIGID REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PROBE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REGISTRATION ACCURACY; REGISTRATION ERROR; RESPIRATORY PHASIS; SURFACE INFORMATION; SURFACE-BASED;

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; LIVER; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79551679022     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/1/008     Document Type: Article

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