Rigid registration of CT and MR volumes based on Rothe’s creases
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Automatic registration of multimodality images is an upcoming field of research for medical diagnosis and surgical planning. We propose a new method to extract common features from different modalities based on the extension to 3D of Rothe’s creases. Extracted images are used as input for a multiresolution search algorithm which brings them into agreement.
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