OncoReg: Medical Image Registration for Oncological Challenges

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Main Authors: Heyer, Wiebke, Elser, Yannic, Berkel, Lennart, Song, Xinrui, Xu, Xuanang, Yan, Pingkun, Jia, Xi, Duan, Jinming, Li, Zi, Mok, Tony C. W., LI, BoWen, Hable, Tim, Staackmann, Christian, Großbröhmer, Christoph, Hansen, Lasse, Hering, Alessa, Sieren, Malte M., Heinrich, Mattias P.
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author Heyer, Wiebke
Elser, Yannic
Berkel, Lennart
Song, Xinrui
Xu, Xuanang
Yan, Pingkun
Jia, Xi
Duan, Jinming
Li, Zi
Mok, Tony C. W.
LI, BoWen
Hable, Tim
Staackmann, Christian
Großbröhmer, Christoph
Hansen, Lasse
Hering, Alessa
Sieren, Malte M.
Heinrich, Mattias P.
author_facet Heyer, Wiebke
Elser, Yannic
Berkel, Lennart
Song, Xinrui
Xu, Xuanang
Yan, Pingkun
Jia, Xi
Duan, Jinming
Li, Zi
Mok, Tony C. W.
LI, BoWen
Hable, Tim
Staackmann, Christian
Großbröhmer, Christoph
Hansen, Lasse
Hering, Alessa
Sieren, Malte M.
Heinrich, Mattias P.
contents In modern cancer research, the vast volume of medical data generated is often underutilised due to challenges related to patient privacy. The OncoReg Challenge addresses this issue by enabling researchers to develop and validate image registration methods through a two-phase framework that ensures patient privacy while fostering the development of more generalisable AI models. Phase one involves working with a publicly available dataset, while phase two focuses on training models on a private dataset within secure hospital networks. OncoReg builds upon the foundation established by the Learn2Reg Challenge by incorporating the registration of interventional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) with standard planning fan-beam CT (FBCT) images in radiotherapy. Accurate image registration is crucial in oncology, particularly for dynamic treatment adjustments in image-guided radiotherapy, where precise alignment is necessary to minimise radiation exposure to healthy tissues while effectively targeting tumours. This work details the methodology and data behind the OncoReg Challenge and provides a comprehensive analysis of the competition entries and results. Findings reveal that feature extraction plays a pivotal role in this registration task. A new method emerging from this challenge demonstrated its versatility, while established approaches continue to perform comparably to newer techniques. Both deep learning and classical approaches still play significant roles in image registration, with the combination of methods, particularly in feature extraction, proving most effective.
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spellingShingle OncoReg: Medical Image Registration for Oncological Challenges
Heyer, Wiebke
Elser, Yannic
Berkel, Lennart
Song, Xinrui
Xu, Xuanang
Yan, Pingkun
Jia, Xi
Duan, Jinming
Li, Zi
Mok, Tony C. W.
LI, BoWen
Hable, Tim
Staackmann, Christian
Großbröhmer, Christoph
Hansen, Lasse
Hering, Alessa
Sieren, Malte M.
Heinrich, Mattias P.
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
In modern cancer research, the vast volume of medical data generated is often underutilised due to challenges related to patient privacy. The OncoReg Challenge addresses this issue by enabling researchers to develop and validate image registration methods through a two-phase framework that ensures patient privacy while fostering the development of more generalisable AI models. Phase one involves working with a publicly available dataset, while phase two focuses on training models on a private dataset within secure hospital networks. OncoReg builds upon the foundation established by the Learn2Reg Challenge by incorporating the registration of interventional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) with standard planning fan-beam CT (FBCT) images in radiotherapy. Accurate image registration is crucial in oncology, particularly for dynamic treatment adjustments in image-guided radiotherapy, where precise alignment is necessary to minimise radiation exposure to healthy tissues while effectively targeting tumours. This work details the methodology and data behind the OncoReg Challenge and provides a comprehensive analysis of the competition entries and results. Findings reveal that feature extraction plays a pivotal role in this registration task. A new method emerging from this challenge demonstrated its versatility, while established approaches continue to perform comparably to newer techniques. Both deep learning and classical approaches still play significant roles in image registration, with the combination of methods, particularly in feature extraction, proving most effective.
title OncoReg: Medical Image Registration for Oncological Challenges
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23179