Hierarchical unbiased group-wise registration for atlas construction and population comparison

Yasheng Chen, Dinggang Shen, Hongtu Zhu, Hongyu An, John Gilmore, Weili Lin

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    Abstract

    A novel hierarchical unbiased group-wise registration is developed to robustly transform each individual image towards a common space for atlas based analysis. This hierarchical group-wise registration approach consists of two main components, (1) data clustering to group similar images together and (2) unbiased group-wise registration to generate a mean image for each cluster. The mean images generated in the lower hierarchical level are regarded as the input images for the higher hierarchy. In the higher hierarchical level, these input images will be further clustered and then registered by using the same two components mentioned. This hierarchical bottom-up clustering and within-cluster group-wise registration is repeated until a final mean image for the whole population is formed. This final mean image represents the common space for all the subjects to be warped to in order for the atlas based analysis. Each individual image at the bottom of the constructed hierarchy is transformed towards the root node through concatenating all the intermediate displacement fields. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed hierarchical registration in atlas based statistical analysis, comparisons were made with the conventional group-wise registration in detecting simulated brain atrophy as well as fractional anisotropy differences between neonates and 1-year-olds. In both cases, the proposed approach demonstrated improved sensitivity (higher t-scores) than the conventional unbiased registration approach.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2009 - Image Processing
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    EventMedical Imaging 2009 - Image Processing - Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States
    Duration: 2009 Feb 82009 Feb 10

    Publication series

    NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
    Volume7259
    ISSN (Print)1605-7422

    Other

    OtherMedical Imaging 2009 - Image Processing
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityLake Buena Vista, FL
    Period09/2/809/2/10

    Keywords

    • Group-wise registration
    • Hierarchical registration
    • Unbiased registration

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Biomaterials
    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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