An inviscid model for nonrigid image registration

Pages: 263 - 284, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2011

doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.263       Abstract        References        Full Text (668.0K)       Related Articles

Zhao Yi - Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States (email)
Justin W. L. Wan - David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 6N3, Canada (email)

Abstract: We propose an inviscid model for nonrigid image registration in a particle framework, and derive the corresponding nonlinear partial differential equations for computing the spatial transformation. Our idea is to simulate the template image as a set of free particles moving toward the target positions under applied forces. Our model can accommodate both small and large deformations, with sharper edges and clear texture achieved at less computational cost. We demonstrate the performance of our model on a variety of images including 2D and 3D, mono-modal and multi-modal images.

Keywords:  Nonrigid registration, particle method, inviscid model, multi-modal, mutual information.
Mathematics Subject Classification:  Primary: 65D18, 68U10; Secondary: 94A08.

Received: January 2010;      Revised: May 2010;      Published: February 2011.

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