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Hanae Mahmoudi¹, Hiba Ramadan², Jamal Riffi²

¹L3IA Laboratory, Department of Informatics, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Fez, Morocco. hanae.mahmoudi@usmba.ac.ma.

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|July 27, 2025

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This study introduces a novel 3D image registration framework combining Swin Transformer and CNNs with a Wavelet-3D-Depthwise-Attention module. The method enhances multimodal prostate image alignment (MRI/TRUS), improving accuracy and robustness over existing techniques.

Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Computer Vision
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Multimodal image registration, especially for MRI and TRUS in prostate cancer, is vital but challenging due to modality differences.
CNNs excel at local features but miss global context; Transformers capture long-range dependencies but struggle with fine details.
Accurate registration requires integrating both local and global information for precise spatial alignment.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel 3D image registration framework addressing limitations of CNN and Transformer methods.
To enhance multimodal registration accuracy and robustness for prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment planning.
To introduce an innovative Wavelet-3D-Depthwise-Attention (WDA) module for improved feature fusion and detail preservation.

Main Methods:

Keywords:

3D medical images 3D-Depthwise convolution CNNs DDF Multimodal registration Swin Transformer Wavelets transforms Weakly supervised registration

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A Swin Transformer (ST)-CNN encoder-decoder architecture was employed for 3D image registration.
A novel Wavelet-3D-Depthwise-Attention (WDA) module was integrated into the skip connections.
WDA utilizes wavelet transforms for multi-scale spatial-frequency analysis and 3D-Depthwise convolution for efficiency and fusion.

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The proposed method achieved a median Dice score of 0.94 and a target registration error of 0.85 on clinical MRI/TRUS datasets.
Demonstrated significant improvements in registration accuracy and robustness compared to state-of-the-art methods.
WDA-enhanced skip connections effectively preserved critical anatomical details crucial for accurate alignment.

Conclusions:

The novel ST-CNN framework with WDA module offers a promising advancement for multimodal prostate image registration.
The method effectively combines local and global feature extraction, overcoming limitations of existing approaches.
The framework shows potential for generalization to other medical image registration tasks.