Progress in Medical Physics (한국의학물리학회지:의학물리)
- Volume 13 Issue 4
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- Pages.209-217
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- 2002
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- 2508-4445(pISSN)
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- 2508-4453(eISSN)
A Study on the Image Registration Algorithms for the Accurate Application of Multimodality Image in Radiation Treatment Planning
방사선치료 계획시 다중영상 활용의 정확도 향상을 위한 영상정합 알고리즘 분석
Abstract
There have been many studies on the application of the reciprocal advantages of multimodality image to define accurate target volume in the Process of radiation treatment planning. For the proper use of the multimodality images, the registration works between different modality images should be performed in advance. In this study, we selected chamfer matching method and mutual information method as most popular methods in recent image registration studies considering the registration accuracy and clinical practicality. And the two registration methods were analyzed to deduce the optimal registration method according to the characteristics of images. Lung phantom of which multimodality images could be acquired was fabricated and CT, MRI and SPECT images of the phantom were used in this study. We developed the registration program which can perform the two registration methods properly and analyzed the registration results which were produced by the developed program in many different images' conditions. Although the overall accuracy of the registration in both chamfer matching method and mutual information method was acceptable, the registration errors in SPECT images which had lower resolution and in degraded images of which data were removed in some part were increased when chamfer matching method was applied. Especially in the case of degraded reference image, chamfer matching methods produce relatively large errors compared with mutual information method. Mutual information method can be estimated as more robust registration method than chamfer matching method in this study because it did not need the prerequisite works, the extraction of accurate contour points, and it produced more accurate registration results consistently regardless of the images' characteristics. The analysis of the registration methods in this study can be expected to provide useful information to the utilization of multimodality images in delineating target volume for radiation treatment planning and in many other clinical applications.
방사선치료 계획시 다중영상의 장점들을 활용하여 종양부위 설정의 정확도를 높일 수 있는 방법들이 연구되고 있다 본 연구에서는 다중영상의 장점들을 적절히 활용하기 위해 선행되어야 하는 영상정합과 관련하여 정확도 및 실용성 측면에서 현재 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 chamfer matching 알고리즘과 mutual information maximization 알고리즘을 분석하여 정합 대상 영상들의 특성에 따라 정확도 측면에서 더 적합한 영상정합 방법을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 다중영상 획득이 가능하게 설계, 제작한 폐 팬텀을 대상으로 CT, MRI, SPECT 영상을 획득하였고, 분석대상으로 선정된 두 정합 알고리즘을 효과적으로 구현할 수 있는 프로그램을 개발하였다. 서로 다른 발현기전의 영상간 정합을 수행하여, 정합 대상 영상의 해상도 및 영상 정보 손실에 따른 정합 결과의 정확도를 분석하였다. 다중영상간 정합 결과, 두 정합 알고리즘 모두 이동거리 평균 오차 2.3 mm, 회전각도 평균 오차