Vessel-based non-linear registration of MR/CT images for monitoring of a patient

Abstract

Registration of the brains of two different patients is impossible because of variability of the blood vessels. But two brain scans of a single patient made by short time interval can be compared on the base of vascular trees. Main result of this communication is in presentation of a method for such registration. Computer assisted monitoring of a human brain can be an important aid to diagnostics or operability decisions. A brain monitoring can provide precise estimation of changing of a tumor territory, reveal a new lesion in the brain, and so on.