Cited by 8,122Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications

A fast diffeomorphic image registration algorithm

Ashburner, John·2007·NeuroImage

Abstract

This paper describes DARTEL, which is an algorithm for diffeomorphic image registration. It is implemented for both 2D and 3D image registration and has been formulated to include an option for estimating inverse consistent deformations. Nonlinear registration is considered as a local optimisation problem, which is solved using a Levenberg-Marquardt strategy. The necessary matrix solutions are obtained in reasonable time using a multigrid method. A constant Eulerian velocity framework is used, which allows a rapid scaling and squaring method to be used in the computations. DARTEL has been applied to intersubject registration of 471 whole brain images, and the resulting deformations were evaluated in terms of how well they encode the shape information necessary to separate male and female subjects and to predict the ages of the subjects.

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Authors
Ashburner, J.
Affiliations
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
Corresponding author
Ashburner, John
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-10
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
95-113
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2155298532
Cited by
8,122
References
35
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FWCI
96.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Universiteit Maastricht
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Keywords
diffeomorphic registration, DARTEL, nonlinear registration, Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm, multigrid methods, scaling and squaring, whole-brain MRI, brain shape, sex classification, age prediction
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Humans, Image Enhancement, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pattern Recognition, Automated, Sensitivity and Specificity, Subtraction Technique, Reproducibility of Results, Imaging, Three-Dimensional

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