Dynamic breast MRI: Image registration and its impact on enhancement curve estimation
Paper in proceeding, 2006

A novel algorithm for performing registration of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI data of the breast is presented. It is based on an algorithm known as iterated dynamic programming originally devised to solve the stereo matching problem. Using artificially distorted DCE-MRI breast images it is shown that the proposed algorithm is able to correct for movement and distortions over a larger range than is likely to occur during routine clinical examination. In addition, using a clinical DCE-MRI data set with an expertly labeled suspicious region, it is shown that the proposed algorithm significantly reduces the variability of the enhancement curves at the pixel level yielding more pronounced uptake and washout phases

Author

Andrew Hill

Andrew Mehnert

Chalmers, Signals and Systems

Stuart Crozier

Carlos Leung

Stephen Wilson

Kerry McMahon

Dominic Kennedy

Proc. 2006 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

3049 - 3052
1-4244-0032-5 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

Subject Categories

Computer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)

Medical Image Processing

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259958

ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

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10/6/2017