Single- and multimodal subvoxel registration of dissimilar medical images using robust similarity measures

@inproceedings{Nikou1998SingleAM,
title={Single- and multimodal subvoxel registration of dissimilar medical images using robust similarity measures},
author={Christophoros Nikou and Fabrice Heitz and Jean-Paul Armspach and Izzie Jacques Namer},
booktitle={Medical Imaging},
year={1998}
}
• Published in Medical Imaging 24 June 1998
• Computer Science
Although a large variety of image registration methods have been described in the literature, only a few approaches have attempted to address the rigid registration of medical images showing gross dissimilarities (due for instance to lesion evolution). In the present paper, we develop driven registration algorithms, relying on robust pixel similarity metrics, that enable an accurate (subvoxel) rigid registration of dissimilar single or multimodal 2D/3D images. In the proposed approach, gross…
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