Gaussian Primitive Optimized Deformable Retinal Image Registration

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Autores principales: Tian, Xin, Wang, Jiazheng, Zhang, Yuxi, Chen, Xiang, Hu, Renjiu, Li, Gaolei, Liu, Min, Zhang, Hang
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Publicado: 2025
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author Tian, Xin
Wang, Jiazheng
Zhang, Yuxi
Chen, Xiang
Hu, Renjiu
Li, Gaolei
Liu, Min
Zhang, Hang
author_facet Tian, Xin
Wang, Jiazheng
Zhang, Yuxi
Chen, Xiang
Hu, Renjiu
Li, Gaolei
Liu, Min
Zhang, Hang
contents Deformable retinal image registration is notoriously difficult due to large homogeneous regions and sparse but critical vascular features, which cause limited gradient signals in standard learning-based frameworks. In this paper, we introduce Gaussian Primitive Optimization (GPO), a novel iterative framework that performs structured message passing to overcome these challenges. After an initial coarse alignment, we extract keypoints at salient anatomical structures (e.g., major vessels) to serve as a minimal set of descriptor-based control nodes (DCN). Each node is modelled as a Gaussian primitive with trainable position, displacement, and radius, thus adapting its spatial influence to local deformation scales. A K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Gaussian interpolation then blends and propagates displacement signals from these information-rich nodes to construct a globally coherent displacement field; focusing interpolation on the top (K) neighbors reduces computational overhead while preserving local detail. By strategically anchoring nodes in high-gradient regions, GPO ensures robust gradient flow, mitigating vanishing gradient signal in textureless areas. The framework is optimized end-to-end via a multi-term loss that enforces both keypoint consistency and intensity alignment. Experiments on the FIRE dataset show that GPO reduces the target registration error from 6.2\,px to ~2.4\,px and increases the AUC at 25\,px from 0.770 to 0.938, substantially outperforming existing methods. The source code can be accessed via https://github.com/xintian-99/GPOreg.
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spellingShingle Gaussian Primitive Optimized Deformable Retinal Image Registration
Tian, Xin
Wang, Jiazheng
Zhang, Yuxi
Chen, Xiang
Hu, Renjiu
Li, Gaolei
Liu, Min
Zhang, Hang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Processing
Deformable retinal image registration is notoriously difficult due to large homogeneous regions and sparse but critical vascular features, which cause limited gradient signals in standard learning-based frameworks. In this paper, we introduce Gaussian Primitive Optimization (GPO), a novel iterative framework that performs structured message passing to overcome these challenges. After an initial coarse alignment, we extract keypoints at salient anatomical structures (e.g., major vessels) to serve as a minimal set of descriptor-based control nodes (DCN). Each node is modelled as a Gaussian primitive with trainable position, displacement, and radius, thus adapting its spatial influence to local deformation scales. A K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Gaussian interpolation then blends and propagates displacement signals from these information-rich nodes to construct a globally coherent displacement field; focusing interpolation on the top (K) neighbors reduces computational overhead while preserving local detail. By strategically anchoring nodes in high-gradient regions, GPO ensures robust gradient flow, mitigating vanishing gradient signal in textureless areas. The framework is optimized end-to-end via a multi-term loss that enforces both keypoint consistency and intensity alignment. Experiments on the FIRE dataset show that GPO reduces the target registration error from 6.2\,px to ~2.4\,px and increases the AUC at 25\,px from 0.770 to 0.938, substantially outperforming existing methods. The source code can be accessed via https://github.com/xintian-99/GPOreg.
title Gaussian Primitive Optimized Deformable Retinal Image Registration
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16852