Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1258-1270 , November 2009

A nonrigid registration algorithm for longitudinal breast MR images and the analysis of breast tumor response

  • Xia Li

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Benoit M. Dawant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • E. Brian Welch

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • MR Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH 44143, USA
    • ,
  • A. Bapsi Chakravarthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Darla Freehardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Ingrid Mayer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Mark Kelley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Ingrid Meszoely

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • John C. Gore

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas E. Yankeelov

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2310, USA.

Received 21 October 2008 ,Revised 27 January 2009 ,Accepted 6 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.007

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1258-1270 , November 2009

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