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Evaluation of ridge seeking operators for multimodality medical image matching


Abstract:

Ridge-like structures in digital images may be extracted by convolving the images with derivatives of Gaussians. The choice of the convolution operator and of the paramet...Show More

Abstract:

Ridge-like structures in digital images may be extracted by convolving the images with derivatives of Gaussians. The choice of the convolution operator and of the parameters involved defines a specific ridge image. In this paper, various ridge measures related to isophote curvature are constructed, reviewed, and evaluated with respect to their usability in CT/MRI matching of human brain scans. Construction is initially done using heuristics in two-dimensional images, and then established firmly in a mathematical framework. Attention is paid to the necessity of operator invariance, scale of the operator, extension to three-dimensional images, and relations to isophote and principal curvature. It is shown that one of the ridge measures appears well suited for the purpose of matching, despite the fact that the measure fails to detect ridges in a number of stylized scenes.
Page(s): 353 - 365
Date of Publication: 30 April 1996

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