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Diffusion-Tensor Image Registration

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Book cover Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields

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In this chapter, we introduce the problem of registering diffusion tensor magnetic resonance (DT-MR) images. The registration task for these images is made challenging by the orientational information they contain, which is affected by the registration transformation. This information about orientation and other aspects of the diffusion tensor are exploited in the development of similarity measures with which to guide DT-MR image registration, and the current state-of-the-art is reviewed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of some outstanding issues and future avenues for research in diffusion tensor registration.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Market Street, Suite 370, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    James C. Gee

  2. Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Daniel C. Alexander

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Saarland University, Building 27, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Joachim Weickert

  2. Computer Graphics and Visualization Group, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Hans Hagen

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Gee, J.C., Alexander, D.C. (2006). Diffusion-Tensor Image Registration. In: Weickert, J., Hagen, H. (eds) Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31272-2_20

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