Efficient Variational Approaches for Deformable Registration of Images

Dirichlet, anisotropic, and Huber regularization terms are presented for efficient registration of deformable images. Image registration, an ill-posed optimization problem, is solved using a gradient-descent-based method and some fundamental theorems in calculus of variations. Euler-Lagrange equatio...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Ali Akinlar, Muhammet Kurulay, Aydin Secer, Mustafa Bayram
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/704567
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description Dirichlet, anisotropic, and Huber regularization terms are presented for efficient registration of deformable images. Image registration, an ill-posed optimization problem, is solved using a gradient-descent-based method and some fundamental theorems in calculus of variations. Euler-Lagrange equations with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions are obtained. These equations are discretized by multigrid and finite difference numerical techniques. The method is applied to the registration of brain MR images of size 65×65. Computational results indicate that the presented method is quite fast and efficient in the registration of deformable medical images.
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spelling doaj-art-0e628ef366a04d339d93de5db5df596a2025-02-03T06:12:07ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751687-04092012-01-01201210.1155/2012/704567704567Efficient Variational Approaches for Deformable Registration of ImagesMehmet Ali Akinlar0Muhammet Kurulay1Aydin Secer2Mustafa Bayram3Department of Mathematics, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, 11210 Bilecik, TurkeyDepartment of Mathematics, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Mathematics, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Mathematics, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, TurkeyDirichlet, anisotropic, and Huber regularization terms are presented for efficient registration of deformable images. Image registration, an ill-posed optimization problem, is solved using a gradient-descent-based method and some fundamental theorems in calculus of variations. Euler-Lagrange equations with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions are obtained. These equations are discretized by multigrid and finite difference numerical techniques. The method is applied to the registration of brain MR images of size 65×65. Computational results indicate that the presented method is quite fast and efficient in the registration of deformable medical images.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/704567
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