Medical Image Registration (Biomedical Engineering)

Image registration is the process of systematically placing separate images in a common frame of reference so that the information they contain can be optimally integrated or compared. This is becoming the central tool for image analysis, understanding, and visualization in both medical and scientific applications. Medical Image Registration provides the first comprehensive coverage of this emerging field. This monograph details the theory, technology, and practical implementations in a variety of medical settings. International experts thoroughly explain why image registration is important, describe its applications in a nonmathematical way, and include rigorous analysis for those who plan to implement algorithms themselves. It is accessible and informative to those new to the field, yet it provides in-depth treatment for the expert. With its practical examples, extensive illustrations, and comprehensible approach, Medical Image Registration is a must have guide for medical physicists, clinicians, and researchers. Front cover 1 Editors 6 Contributors 8 Contents 10 Chapter 1. Introduction 12 Chapter 2. Registration Methodology: Introduction 22 Chapter 3. Registration Methodology: Concepts and Algorithms 50 Chapter 4. Preparation and Display of Image Data 82 Chapter 5. Correcting for Scanner Errors in CT, MRI, Spect, and 3D Ultrasound 98 Chapter 6. Detecting Failure, Assessing Success 128 Chapter 7. Registration and Subtraction of Serial Magnetic Resonance Images of the Brain: Image Interpretation and Clinical Applications 154 Chapter 8. The Role of Registration in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 194 Chapter 9. Registration of MRI and PET Images for Clinical Applications 210 Chapter 10. Registration of MR and CT Images for Clinical Applications 228 Chapter 11. Image Registration in Nuclear Medicine 244 Chapter 12. Guiding Therapeutic Procedures 264 Chapter 13. Nonrigid Registration: Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications 292 Chapter 14. Use of Registration for Cohort Studies 314 Chapter 15. Biomechanical Modeling for Image Registration: Applications in Image Guided Neurosurgery 342 Chapter 16. View of the Future 374 Index 380 Back cover 394 This highly specialized monograph details the techniques and applications of image registration in a variety of medical settings. Focusing on an area of increasing importance-as therapeutic technology gets linked to the generation of medical images as a necessary part of the therapy- Medical Image Registration is a must have guide that features practical examples and considerations. Radiologists explain how images from various sources can be aligned with each other, with computer models, or with physical space, so that corresponding features can easily be related. They cover the wide variety of techniques used for medical image registration, the relatively mature applications in which images can be aligned by global translatio