Computer Vision News - November 2020

9 A clear overview of the tools at our disposal is always useful to start a new project on the right foot, and to further support with this process, you can find below a software comparison chart. This summarizes some of the features we saw above and adds a few other elements that could help choosing what suits your scope best. Have a look and happy registration! [2] Modat, et al. (2014). Global image registration using a symmetric block-matching approach. Journal of Medical Imaging, 1(2), 024003–024003.doi:10.1117/1.JMI.1.2.024003 [4] Modat, et al. (2010). Fast free-form deformation using graphics processing units. Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine,98(3), 278–284.doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.09.002 Registration Tool Comparison CATEGORY 3D SLICER NIFTYREG EIDOLON FIRST RELEASE 2000 2009 2016 NEWEST VERSION v4.10.2 (available HERE) Only version (available HERE) v0.5 (available HERE) EASE OF INSTALLATION Requires just software Requires CMake, Compiler, XCode (for Mac), Visual Studio2008 (for Windows ) Requires Python 3.6 with libraries: PyQt 4.10.4+ or 5.*, Numpy 1.8.0+, SciPy 0.13.3+ and optionally Imageio, Pandas, Jupyter QtConsole, coverage, six (if not already present) GUI - TYPE OF REGISTRATION AVAILABLE General, Landmark, Demon, Fiducial Rigid-affine (based on [2]), Non-rigid (based on [4]) Rigid registration and aligning of stacks; non- rigid registration through motion tracking (cardiac images) COST free free free EASE OF USE Average Very easy More advanced EXTRA USE Segmentation; 3D visualization of multimodal image data; advanced image analysis algorithms Auxiliary tools for registration and manipulation of nifti files Advanced analysis and visualization of medical data, including estimation of mechanical properties, segmentation or mesh deformation