Automatic extraction of the mid-sagittal plane using an ICP variant

L Fieten, J Eschweiler, M de la Fuente… - Medical Imaging …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
L Fieten, J Eschweiler, M de la Fuente, S Gravius, K Radermacher
Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and …, 2008spiedigitallibrary.org
Precise knowledge of the mid-sagittal plane is important for the assessment and correction
of several deformities. Furthermore, the mid-sagittal plane can be used for the definition of
standardized coordinate systems such as pelvis or skull coordinate systems. A popular
approach for mid-sagittal plane computation is based on the selection of anatomical
landmarks located either directly on the plane or symmetrically to it. However, the manual
selection of landmarks is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone task, which requires …
Precise knowledge of the mid-sagittal plane is important for the assessment and correction of several deformities. Furthermore, the mid-sagittal plane can be used for the definition of standardized coordinate systems such as pelvis or skull coordinate systems. A popular approach for mid-sagittal plane computation is based on the selection of anatomical landmarks located either directly on the plane or symmetrically to it. However, the manual selection of landmarks is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone task, which requires great care. In order to overcome this drawback, previously it was suggested to use the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm: After an initial mirroring of the data points on a default mirror plane, the mirrored data points should be registered iteratively to the model points using rigid transforms. Finally, a reflection transform approximating the cumulative transform could be extracted. In this work, we present an ICP variant for the iterative optimization of the reflection parameters. It is based on a closed-form solution to the least-squares problem of matching data points to model points using a reflection. In experiments on CT pelvis and skull datasets our method showed a better ability to match homologous areas.
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