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We propose a fast feature-based rigid registration framework with a novel feature saliency detection technique. The method works by automatically classifying candidate image points as salient or non-salient using a support vector machine trained on points which have previously driven successful registrations. Resulting candidate salient points are used for symmetric matching based on local descriptor similarity and followed by RANSAC outlier rejection to obtain the final transform. The proposed registration framework was applied to 3D real-time fetal ultrasound images, thus covering the entire fetal anatomy for extended FoV imaging. Our method was applied to data from 5 patients, and compared to a conventional saliency point detection method (SIFT) in terms of computational time, quality of the point detection and registration accuracy. Our method achieved similar accuracy and similar saliency detection quality in \(<5\%\) the detection time, showing promising capabilities towards real-time whole-body fetal ultrasound imaging.
Alberto Gomez — This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust IEH Award [102431]. The authors acknowledge financial support from the Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre award to Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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Gomez, A., Bhatia, K., Tharin, S., Housden, J., Toussaint, N., Schnabel, J.A. (2017). Fast Registration of 3D Fetal Ultrasound Images Using Learned Corresponding Salient Points. In: Cardoso, M., et al. Fetal, Infant and Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis. OMIA FIFI 2017 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10554. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67561-9_4
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