Neural Ordinary Differential Equation based Sequential Image Registration for Dynamic Characterization

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Main Authors: Wu, Yifan, Dong, Mengjin, Jena, Rohit, Qin, Chen, Gee, James C.
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author Wu, Yifan
Dong, Mengjin
Jena, Rohit
Qin, Chen
Gee, James C.
author_facet Wu, Yifan
Dong, Mengjin
Jena, Rohit
Qin, Chen
Gee, James C.
contents Deformable image registration (DIR) is crucial in medical image analysis, enabling the exploration of biological dynamics such as organ motions and longitudinal changes in imaging. Leveraging Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) for registration, this extension work discusses how this framework can aid in the characterization of sequential biological processes. Utilizing the Neural ODE's ability to model state derivatives with neural networks, our Neural Ordinary Differential Equation Optimization-based (NODEO) framework considers voxels as particles within a dynamic system, defining deformation fields through the integration of neural differential equations. This method learns dynamics directly from data, bypassing the need for physical priors, making it exceptionally suitable for medical scenarios where such priors are unavailable or inapplicable. Consequently, the framework can discern underlying dynamics and use sequence data to regularize the transformation trajectory. We evaluated our framework on two clinical datasets: one for cardiac motion tracking and another for longitudinal brain MRI analysis. Demonstrating its efficacy in both 2D and 3D imaging scenarios, our framework offers flexibility and model agnosticism, capable of managing image sequences and facilitating label propagation throughout these sequences. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of how the Neural ODE-based framework uniquely benefits the image registration challenge.
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spellingShingle Neural Ordinary Differential Equation based Sequential Image Registration for Dynamic Characterization
Wu, Yifan
Dong, Mengjin
Jena, Rohit
Qin, Chen
Gee, James C.
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Deformable image registration (DIR) is crucial in medical image analysis, enabling the exploration of biological dynamics such as organ motions and longitudinal changes in imaging. Leveraging Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) for registration, this extension work discusses how this framework can aid in the characterization of sequential biological processes. Utilizing the Neural ODE's ability to model state derivatives with neural networks, our Neural Ordinary Differential Equation Optimization-based (NODEO) framework considers voxels as particles within a dynamic system, defining deformation fields through the integration of neural differential equations. This method learns dynamics directly from data, bypassing the need for physical priors, making it exceptionally suitable for medical scenarios where such priors are unavailable or inapplicable. Consequently, the framework can discern underlying dynamics and use sequence data to regularize the transformation trajectory. We evaluated our framework on two clinical datasets: one for cardiac motion tracking and another for longitudinal brain MRI analysis. Demonstrating its efficacy in both 2D and 3D imaging scenarios, our framework offers flexibility and model agnosticism, capable of managing image sequences and facilitating label propagation throughout these sequences. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of how the Neural ODE-based framework uniquely benefits the image registration challenge.
title Neural Ordinary Differential Equation based Sequential Image Registration for Dynamic Characterization
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02106