Abstract
We present a highly automated methodology for spatial normalization of images, using deformable models. Applications of our methodology include stereotactic normalization of functional and structural images, morphological analysis of the brain, and computer-aided neurosurgery.
Keywords
Spatial normalizationNormalization (sociology)Image warpingArtificial intelligenceComputer visionImage registrationComputer sciencePattern recognition (psychology)Image processingImage (mathematics)Voxel
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- 1996
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- article
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 656-665
- Citations
- 227
- Access
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Christos Davatzikos
(1996).
Spatial Normalization of 3D Brain Images Using Deformable Models.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
, 20
(4)
, 656-665.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199607000-00031
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- 10.1097/00004728-199607000-00031