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Figure 1.15: Sample registration results from each samples of MS data sets.
The first column is a sample slice from the floating volume used. The second
column is the corresponding slice from the re-sampled reference volume. The
third column is the checkerboard composite image of the two corresponding
slices from the floating and resampled reference volumes. The floating volume
and reference volumes used in each trial were from the same patient.
the figure shows the corresponding slice from the re-sampled reference volume.
Finally, the third column of the figure shows the checkerboard composite image
formed by fusion of the corresponding floating and re-sampled reference volume
slices.
1.6.3
Lung Cancer Application
Another practical application for monomodal registration in the lung cancer
diagnosis. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of mortality cancer. In 1999,
there were approximately 170,000 new cases of lung cancer [38]. The five-year
survival rate from the diseases is 14% and has increased only slightly since the
early 1970s despite extensive and costly research efforts to find effective therapy.
The disparity in survival between early and late-stage lung cancer is substantial,
with a five-year survival rate of approximately 70% in stage 1A disease compared
to less than 5% in stage IV disease according to the recently revised lung cancer
