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Multimodal image registration based on binary gradient angle descriptor.

Dongsheng Jiang^1,2, Yonghong Shi^1,2, Demin Yao^1,2

¹Digital Medical Research Center, School of Basic Medical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

|September 2, 2017

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A new Binary Gradient Angle (BGA) descriptor improves multimodal image registration accuracy and speed. This method is robust to image degradations and suitable for time-sensitive clinical applications like image-guided interventions.

Keywords:

Binary gradient angle descriptor Hamming distance Intrasubject image registration Multimodal image registration

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Computer Vision

Background:

Multimodal image registration is crucial for image-guided interventions and atlas building.
Complex intensity variations across different modalities present a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel, efficient, and generally applicable descriptor for multimodal image registration.
To address the limitations of existing methods in handling intensity variations and computational complexity.

Main Methods:

Proposes a modality-independent Binary Gradient Angle (BGA) descriptor based on gradient orientation alignment.
BGA is calculated by coding the quadrant of local gradient vectors, offering low computational complexity.
BGA demonstrates robustness to image degradations due to its binarized encoding.

Main Results:

BGA significantly outperforms localized mutual information in pairwise multimodal and monomodal registrations.
It serves as a reliable alternative to sum of absolute difference for monomodal registration.
Achieves high accuracy in deformable registration tasks, comparable to state-of-the-art methods, with significantly reduced computation time.

Conclusions:

The BGA descriptor enhances registration accuracy and time efficiency.
Its potential for time-sensitive clinical applications, such as image-guided interventions, is highlighted.