Title :
Automatic registration of MRI head volumes using an octree anatomical atlas
Author :
Krechel, Dirk ; Pedroso, Deucelia ; Von Wangenheim, Aldo
Author_Institution :
Fachbereich Inf., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
We describe a method for the automatic registration of transversal MRI-head-volumes. Under automatic registration we understand the determination of an adequate coordinate system for a specific head volume, which is adapted to this particular head, describing the position, direction and size of the head in the respective MRI-volume. After determining the coordinate system the specific head volumes are mapped against a model of an anatomical atlas
Keywords :
NMR imaging; biomedical MRI; image matching; image registration; image segmentation; visual databases; 3D coordinate system; Cyclops system; MRI head volumes; MRI images; anatomical atlas; automatic registration; image matching; image segmentation; octree; Anatomical structure; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Computer science; Control systems; Expert systems; Head; Image analysis; Knowledge based systems; Magnetic resonance imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 12th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Stamford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0234-2
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.1999.781249
