Title
A symmetric 4D registration algorithm for respiratory motion modeling
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-24-2013
Abstract
We propose an effective 4D image registration algorithm for dynamic volumetric lung images. The registration will construct a deforming 3D model with continuous trajectory and smooth spatial deformation, and the model interpolates the interested region in the 4D (3D+T) CT images. The resultant non-rigid transformation is represented using two 4D B-spline functions, indicating a forward and an inverse 4D parameterization respectively. The registration process solves these two functions by minimizing an objective function that penalizes intensity matching error, feature alignment error, spatial and temporal non-smoothness, and inverse inconsistency. We test our algorithm for respiratory motion estimation on public benchmarks and on clinic lung CT data. The experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of our algorithm. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
First Page
149
Last Page
156
Recommended Citation
Xu, H., & Li, X. (2013). A symmetric 4D registration algorithm for respiratory motion modeling. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 8150 LNCS (PART 2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40763-5_19