""" ========================================== Symmetric Diffeomorphic Registration in 3D ========================================== This example explains how to register 3D volumes using the Symmetric Normalization (SyN) algorithm proposed by Avants et al. [Avants09]_ (also implemented in the ANTS software [Avants11]_) We will register two 3D volumes from the same modality using SyN with the Cross Correlation (CC) metric. """ import numpy as np import nibabel as nib from dipy.align.imwarp import SymmetricDiffeomorphicRegistration from dipy.align.imwarp import DiffeomorphicMap from dipy.align.metrics import CCMetric import os.path from dipy.viz import regtools """ Let's fetch two b0 volumes, the first one will be the b0 from the Stanford HARDI dataset """ from dipy.data import fetch_stanford_hardi, read_stanford_hardi fetch_stanford_hardi() nib_stanford, gtab_stanford = read_stanford_hardi() stanford_b0 = np.squeeze(nib_stanford.get_data())[..., 0] """ The second one will be the same b0 we used for the 2D registration tutorial """ from dipy.data.fetcher import fetch_syn_data, read_syn_data fetch_syn_data() nib_syn_t1, nib_syn_b0 = read_syn_data() syn_b0 = np.array(nib_syn_b0.get_data()) """ We first remove the skull from the b0's """ from dipy.segment.mask import median_otsu stanford_b0_masked, stanford_b0_mask = median_otsu(stanford_b0, 4, 4) syn_b0_masked, syn_b0_mask = median_otsu(syn_b0, 4, 4) static = stanford_b0_masked static_affine = nib_stanford.affine moving = syn_b0_masked moving_affine = nib_syn_b0.affine """ Suppose we have already done a linear registration to roughly align the two images """ pre_align = np.array([[1.02783543e+00, -4.83019053e-02, -6.07735639e-02, -2.57654118e+00], [4.34051706e-03, 9.41918267e-01, -2.66525861e-01, 3.23579799e+01], [5.34288908e-02, 2.90262026e-01, 9.80820307e-01, -1.46216651e+01], [0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 1.00000000e+00]]) """ As we did in the 2D example, we would like to visualize (some slices of) the two volumes by overlapping them over two channels of a color image. To do that we need them to be sampled on the same grid, so let's first re-sample the moving image on the static grid. We create an AffineMap to transform the moving image towards the static image """ from dipy.align.imaffine import AffineMap affine_map = AffineMap(pre_align, static.shape, static_affine, moving.shape, moving_affine) resampled = affine_map.transform(moving) """ plot the overlapped middle slices of the volumes """ regtools.overlay_slices(static, resampled, None, 1, 'Static', 'Moving', 'input_3d.png') """ .. figure:: input_3d.png :align: center Static image in red on top of the pre-aligned moving image (in green). """ """ We want to find an invertible map that transforms the moving image into the static image. We will use the Cross Correlation metric """ metric = CCMetric(3) """ Now we define an instance of the registration class. The SyN algorithm uses a multi-resolution approach by building a Gaussian Pyramid. We instruct the registration object to perform at most $[n_0, n_1, ..., n_k]$ iterations at each level of the pyramid. The 0-th level corresponds to the finest resolution. """ level_iters = [10, 10, 5] sdr = SymmetricDiffeomorphicRegistration(metric, level_iters) """ Execute the optimization, which returns a DiffeomorphicMap object, that can be used to register images back and forth between the static and moving domains. We provide the pre-aligning matrix that brings the moving image closer to the static image """ mapping = sdr.optimize(static, moving, static_affine, moving_affine, pre_align) """ Now let's warp the moving image and see if it gets similar to the static image """ warped_moving = mapping.transform(moving) """ We plot the overlapped middle slices """ regtools.overlay_slices(static, warped_moving, None, 1, 'Static', 'Warped moving', 'warped_moving.png') """ .. figure:: warped_moving.png :align: center Moving image transformed under the (direct) transformation in green on top of the static image (in red). """ """ And we can also apply the inverse mapping to verify that the warped static image is similar to the moving image """ warped_static = mapping.transform_inverse(static) regtools.overlay_slices(warped_static, moving, None, 1, 'Warped static', 'Moving', 'warped_static.png') """ .. figure:: warped_static.png :align: center Static image transformed under the (inverse) transformation in red on top of the moving image (in green). Note that the moving image has lower resolution. References ---------- .. [Avants09] Avants, B. B., Epstein, C. L., Grossman, M., & Gee, J. C. (2009). Symmetric Diffeomorphic Image Registration with Cross- Correlation: Evaluating Automated Labeling of Elderly and Neurodegenerative Brain, 12(1), 26-41. .. [Avants11] Avants, B. B., Tustison, N., & Song, G. (2011). Advanced Normalization Tools ( ANTS ), 1-35. .. include:: ../links_names.inc """