Constraint-based simulation for non-rigid real-time registration

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014:196:76-82.

Abstract

In this paper we propose a method to address the problem of non-rigid registration in real-time. We use Lagrange multipliers and soft sliding constraints to combine data acquired from dynamic image sequence and a biomechanical model of the structure of interest. The biomechanical model plays a role of regularization to improve the robustness and the flexibility of the registration. We apply our method to a pre-operative 3D CT scan of a porcine liver that is registered to a sequence of 2D dynamic MRI slices during the respiratory motion. The finite element simulation provides a full 3D representation (including heterogeneities such as vessels, tumor,...) of the anatomical structure in real-time.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Liver / physiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Motion*
  • Swine
  • User-Computer Interface*