A review of 3D/2D registration methods for image-guided interventions

Registration of pre- and intra-interventional data is one of the key technologies for image-guided radiation therapy, radiosurgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, and interventional radiology. In this paper, we survey those 3D/2D data registration methods that utilize 3D computer tomography or magnetic resonance images as the pre-interventional data and 2D X-ray projection images as the intra-interventional data. The 3D/2D registration methods are reviewed with respect to image modality, image,dimensionality, registration basis, geometric transformation, user interaction, optimization procedure, subject, and object of registration. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.