Title
Quantitative evaluation of image-based distortion correction in diffusion tensor imaging.
Abstract
A statistical method for the evaluation of image registration for a series of images based on the assessment of consistency properties of the registration results is proposed. Consistency is defined as the residual error of the composition of cyclic registrations. By combining the transformations of different algorithms the consistency error allows a quantitative comparison without the use of ground truth, specifically, it allows a determination as to whether the algorithms are compatible and hence provide comparable registrations. Consistency testing is applied to evaluate retrospective correction of eddy current-induced image distortion in diffusion tensor imaging of the brain. In the literature several image transformations and similarity measures have been proposed, generally showing a significant reduction of distortion in side-by-side comparison of parametric maps before and after registration. Transformations derived from imaging physics and a three-dimensional affine transformation as well as mutual information (MI) and local correlation (LC) similarity are compared to each other by means of consistency testing. The dedicated transformations could not demonstrate a significant difference for more than half of the series considered. LC similarity is well-suited for distortion correction providing more consistent registrations which are comparable to MI.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/TMI.2004.827479
IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging
Keywords
Field
DocType
biodiffusion,biomedical MRI,brain,eddy currents,image registration,medical image processing,tensors,brain imaging,consistency testing,cyclic registration,diffusion tensor imaging,eddy current-induced image distortion,image registration,image transformations,image-based distortion correction,local correlation,magnetic resonance imaging,mutual information
Affine transformation,Residual,Computer vision,Tensor,Ground truth,Parametric statistics,Artificial intelligence,Mutual information,Distortion,Mathematics,Image registration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23
7
0278-0062
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
1.13
17
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas Netsch19316.47
Arianne Van Muiswinkel2406.88