Gang Xu, Ming Gao, Tang-Yi Liu, Wen-Chao Tang, Jun-Ling Wen, Shao-Xiong Li
Development and application of the practical training instrument of warming needle moxibustion with quantifiable evaluation
Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
image registration elementary task medical image processing analysis divided monomodal multimodal direct 3d multimodal registration volumetric medical images provide insight interpretation subsequent image processing applications 2d methods paper dedicated development 3d multimodal image registration algorithm based viscous fluid model associated bhattacharyya distance approach modified navierstokes equation exploited foundation multimodal image registration framework hopscotch method numerically implemented solve velocity field whose values explicit locations first computed values implicit positions solved transposition differential bhattacharyya distance incorporated body force function main driving force deformation enable multimodal registration variety simulated real brain mr images utilized assess proposed 3d multimodal image registration system preliminary experimental results indicated algorithm produced high registration accuracy various registration scenarios outperformed competing methods many multimodal image registration tasksclinical relevance facilitates disease diagnosis treatment planning requires accurate 3d multimodal image registration without massive image data extensive training regardless imaging modality