2D-3D Medical Image Registration Based on Ant Colony Algorithm

Abstract:

Object: To optimize the rigidity registration algorithm between X-ray fluoroscopy and CT, and improve the accuracy of registration. Method: By changing the transmission parameters of the ray tracing, it can obtain the original DRR images and the float DRR image for registration. In trials, it uses ant colony algorithm as the optimized search strategy and Mutual information as the similarity measure. Result: ant colony algorithm and the improved ant colony algorithm compared to the classic Powell algorithm to improve the accuracy of registration about 10% and 20%, achieved good results. Conclusion: Ant Colony Algorithm as optimization search strategy can effectively solve the local minima problem in 2D-3D medical image registration, and further improve the accuracy of registration.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 462-463)
• Pages: 267-273
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.462-463.267
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Wei Wei*, Wei Lin, Liang Liu, Zhong Qin Hu
• Keywords: 2D-3D Registration, Ant Colony Algorithm (ACA), Medical Image, Mutual Information (MI)

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