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spelling Robertson, Scott P. Weiss, Elisabeth Hugo, Geoffrey D. 0094-2405 2473-4209 Wiley General Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4867860 <jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Purpose:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>To implement and evaluate a block matching‐based registration (BMR) algorithm for locally advanced lung tumor localization during image‐guided radiotherapy.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Methods:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Small (1 cm<jats:sup>3</jats:sup>), nonoverlapping image subvolumes (“blocks”) were automatically identified on the planning image to cover the tumor surface using a measure of the local intensity gradient. Blocks were independently and automatically registered to the on‐treatment image using a rigid transform. To improve speed and robustness, registrations were performed iteratively from coarse to fine image resolution. At each resolution, all block displacements having a near‐maximum similarity score were stored. From this list, a single displacement vector for each block was iteratively selected which maximized the consistency of displacement vectors across immediately neighboring blocks. These selected displacements were regularized using a median filter before proceeding to registrations at finer image resolutions. After evaluating all image resolutions, the global rigid transform of the on‐treatment image was computed using a Procrustes analysis, providing the couch shift for patient setup correction. This algorithm was evaluated for 18 locally advanced lung cancer patients, each with 4–7 weekly on‐treatment computed tomography scans having physician‐delineated gross tumor volumes. Volume overlap (VO) and border displacement errors (BDE) were calculated relative to the nominal physician‐identified targets to establish residual error after registration.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Results:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Implementation of multiresolution registration improved block matching accuracy by 39% compared to registration using only the full resolution images. By also considering multiple potential displacements per block, initial errors were reduced by 65%. Using the final implementation of the BMR algorithm, VO was significantly improved from 77% ± 21% (range: 0%–100%) in the initial bony alignment to 91% ± 8% (range: 56%–100%;<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Left‐right, anterior‐posterior, and superior‐inferior systematic BDE were 3.2, 2.4, and 4.4 mm, respectively, with random BDE of 2.4, 2.1, and 2.7 mm. Margins required to include both localization and delineation uncertainties ranged from 5.0 to 11.7 mm, an average of 40% less than required for bony alignment.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Conclusions:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>BMR is a promising approach for automatic lung tumor localization. Further evaluation is warranted to assess the accuracy and robustness of BMR against other potential localization strategies.</jats:p></jats:sec> A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors Medical Physics
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spelling Robertson, Scott P. Weiss, Elisabeth Hugo, Geoffrey D. 0094-2405 2473-4209 Wiley General Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4867860 <jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Purpose:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>To implement and evaluate a block matching‐based registration (BMR) algorithm for locally advanced lung tumor localization during image‐guided radiotherapy.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Methods:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Small (1 cm<jats:sup>3</jats:sup>), nonoverlapping image subvolumes (“blocks”) were automatically identified on the planning image to cover the tumor surface using a measure of the local intensity gradient. Blocks were independently and automatically registered to the on‐treatment image using a rigid transform. To improve speed and robustness, registrations were performed iteratively from coarse to fine image resolution. At each resolution, all block displacements having a near‐maximum similarity score were stored. From this list, a single displacement vector for each block was iteratively selected which maximized the consistency of displacement vectors across immediately neighboring blocks. These selected displacements were regularized using a median filter before proceeding to registrations at finer image resolutions. After evaluating all image resolutions, the global rigid transform of the on‐treatment image was computed using a Procrustes analysis, providing the couch shift for patient setup correction. This algorithm was evaluated for 18 locally advanced lung cancer patients, each with 4–7 weekly on‐treatment computed tomography scans having physician‐delineated gross tumor volumes. Volume overlap (VO) and border displacement errors (BDE) were calculated relative to the nominal physician‐identified targets to establish residual error after registration.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Results:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Implementation of multiresolution registration improved block matching accuracy by 39% compared to registration using only the full resolution images. By also considering multiple potential displacements per block, initial errors were reduced by 65%. Using the final implementation of the BMR algorithm, VO was significantly improved from 77% ± 21% (range: 0%–100%) in the initial bony alignment to 91% ± 8% (range: 56%–100%;<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Left‐right, anterior‐posterior, and superior‐inferior systematic BDE were 3.2, 2.4, and 4.4 mm, respectively, with random BDE of 2.4, 2.1, and 2.7 mm. Margins required to include both localization and delineation uncertainties ranged from 5.0 to 11.7 mm, an average of 40% less than required for bony alignment.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Conclusions:</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>BMR is a promising approach for automatic lung tumor localization. Further evaluation is warranted to assess the accuracy and robustness of BMR against other potential localization strategies.</jats:p></jats:sec> A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors Medical Physics
spellingShingle Robertson, Scott P., Weiss, Elisabeth, Hugo, Geoffrey D., Medical Physics, A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors, General Medicine
title A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_full A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_fullStr A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_full_unstemmed A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_short A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_sort a block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
title_unstemmed A block matching‐based registration algorithm for localization of locally advanced lung tumors
topic General Medicine
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4867860