An Overview of Medical Image Registration Methods
J. B. Antoine Maintz, Viergever · 1998
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of existing medical image registration methods. These methods will be classified according to a model based on nine salient criteria, the main dichotomy of which is extrinsic versus intrinsic methods. The statistics of the classification show definite trends in the evolving registration techniques, which will be discussed. At this moment, the bulk of interesting intrinsic methods is either based on segmented points or surfaces, or on techniques endeavoring to use the full information content of the images involved. 1 Introduction Within the current clinical setting, medical imaging is a vital component of a large number of applications. Such applications occur throughout the clinical track of events; not only within clinical diagnostis settings, but prominently so in the area of planning, consummation, and evaluation of surgical and radiotherapeutical procedures. Since information gained from two images acquired in the clinical...