Parallel image registration with a thin client interface
2010
Despite its high significance, the clinical utilization of image registration remains limited because of its lengthy
execution time and a lack of easy access. The focus of this work was twofold. First, we accelerated our course-to-fine,
volume subdivision-based image registration algorithm by a novel parallel implementation that maintains the accuracy of
our uniprocessor implementation. Second, we developed a thin-client computing model with a user-friendly interface to
perform rigid and nonrigid image registration. Our novel parallel computing model uses the message passing interface
model on a 32-core cluster. The results show that, compared with the uniprocessor implementation, the parallel
implementation of our image registration algorithm is approximately 5 times faster for rigid image registration and
approximately 9 times faster for nonrigid registration for the images used. To test the viability of such systems for
clinical use, we developed a thin client in the form of a plug-in in OsiriX, a well-known open source PACS workstation
and DICOM viewer, and used it for two applications. The first application registered the baseline and follow-up MR brain images, whose subtraction was used to track progression of multiple sclerosis. The second application registered pretreatment PET and intratreatment CT of radiofrequency ablation patients to demonstrate a new capability of multimodality imaging guidance. The registration acceleration coupled with the remote implementation using a thin client should ultimately increase accuracy, speed, and access of image registration-based interpretations in a number of diagnostic and interventional applications.
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