Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 13
Future of Image Registration
Jasjit Suri,
1
Baowei Fei,
2
David Wilson,
2
Swamy Laxminarayan,
3
Chi-Hsiang Lo,
4
Yujun Guo,
5
Cheng-Chang Lu,
5
and Chi-Hua Tung
6
13.1
Future Application of Image Registration
Image registration will have more and more applications in the future. Below
are a few predictions on where image registration will lead to in the next few
years, and where to expect significant progress.
13.1.1
Small Animal Imaging
Small animal imaging is a fast-growing field that has numerous applications in the
studies of functional genomics, the biology of disease, and therapeutics. Since
commonly, functional imaging modalities such as single photon emission tomo-
graphy (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) have little anatomic information, images acquired
from computed tomography (CT) or MRI are used to provide structural iden-
tification and localization of organs/regions of interest and may also provide
additional diagnostic information. Automatic image registration and fusion vis-
ualization methods will be very useful for this new and important application.
