mia-2dgroundtruthreg(1) Registration of a series of 2D images

SYNOPSIS

mia-2dgroundtruthreg -i <in-file> -o <out-file> -A <alpha> -B <beta> -R <rho_thresh> [options]

DESCRIPTION

mia-2dgroundtruthreg This program implements the non-linear registration based on Pseudo Ground Thruth for motion compensation of series of myocardial perfusion images as decribed in Chao Li and Ying Sun, 'Nonrigid Registration of Myocardial Perfusion MRI Using Pseudo Ground Truth' , In Proc. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2009, 165-172, 2009. Note that for this nonlinear motion correction a preceding linear registration step is usually required.

OPTIONS

File-IO

-i --in-file=(input, required); string
input perfusion data set
-o --out-file=(output, required); string
output perfusion data set
-r --registered=reg
file name base for registered files

Preconditions

-s --skip=2
skip images at beginning of seriesskip images at beginning of series
-P --passes=4
number of registration passesnumber of registration passes

Pseudo-Ground-Thruth

-A --alpha=(required); double
spacial neighborhood penalty weightspacial neighborhood penalty weight
-B --beta=(required); double
temporal second derivative penalty weighttemporal second derivative penalty weight
-R --rho_thresh=(required); double
correlation threshold for neighborhood analysiscorrelation threshold for neighborhood analysis

Registration

-O --optimizer=gsl:opt=gd,step=0.1
Optimizer used for minimizationOptimizer used for minimization For supported plugins see PLUGINS:minimizer/singlecost
-p --interpolator=bspline:d=3
image interpolator kernelimage interpolator kernel For supported plugins see PLUGINS:1d/splinekernel
-l --mr-levels=3
multi-resolution levelsmulti-resolution levels
-d --divcurl=20
divcurl regularization weightdivcurl regularization weight
--divcurl-divider=4
divcurl weight scaling with each new passdivcurl weight scaling with each new pass
-a --start-c-rate=32
start coefficinet rate in spines, gets divided by --c-rate-divider with every passstart coefficinet rate in spines, gets divided by --c-rate-divider with every pass
--c-rate-divider=4
cofficient rate divider for each passcofficient rate divider for each pass
-w --imageweight=1
image cost weightimage cost weight

Help & Info

-V --verbose=warning
verbosity of output, print messages of given level and higher priorities. Supported priorities starting at lowest level are:
info - Low level messages
trace - Function call trace
fail - Report test failures
warning - Warnings
error - Report errors
debug - Debug output
message - Normal messages
fatal - Report only fatal errors
--copyright
print copyright information
-h --help
print this help
-? --usage
print a short help
--version
print the version number and exit

Processing

--threads=-1
Maxiumum number of threads to use for processing,This number should be lower or equal to the number of logical processor cores in the machine. (-1: automatic estimation).Maxiumum number of threads to use for processing,This number should be lower or equal to the number of logical processor cores in the machine. (-1: automatic estimation).

PLUGINS: 1d/splinekernel

bspline
B-spline kernel creation , supported parameters are:

d = 3; int in [0, 5]
Spline degree.

omoms
OMoms-spline kernel creation, supported parameters are:

d = 3; int in [3, 3]
Spline degree.

PLUGINS: minimizer/singlecost

gdas
Gradient descent with automatic step size correction., supported parameters are:

ftolr = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stop if the relative change of the criterion is below..

max-step = 2; double in (0, inf)
Maximal absolute step size.

maxiter = 200; uint in [1, inf)
Stopping criterion: the maximum number of iterations.

min-step = 0.1; double in (0, inf)
Minimal absolute step size.

xtola = 0.01; double in [0, inf)
Stop if the inf-norm of the change applied to x is below this value..

gdsq
Gradient descent with quadratic step estimation, supported parameters are:

ftolr = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stop if the relative change of the criterion is below..

gtola = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stop if the inf-norm of the gradient is below this value..

maxiter = 100; uint in [1, inf)
Stopping criterion: the maximum number of iterations.

scale = 2; double in (1, inf)
Fallback fixed step size scaling.

step = 0.1; double in (0, inf)
Initial step size.

xtola = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stop if the inf-norm of x-update is below this value..

gsl
optimizer plugin based on the multimin optimizers ofthe GNU Scientific Library (GSL) https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/, supported parameters are:

eps = 0.01; double in (0, inf)
gradient based optimizers: stop when |grad| < eps, simplex: stop when simplex size < eps..

iter = 100; uint in [1, inf)
maximum number of iterations.

opt = gd; dict
Specific optimizer to be used.. Supported values are:
bfgs - Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shann
bfgs2 - Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shann (most efficient version)
cg-fr - Flecher-Reeves conjugate gradient algorithm
gd - Gradient descent.
simplex - Simplex algorithm of Nelder and Mead
cg-pr - Polak-Ribiere conjugate gradient algorithm

step = 0.001; double in (0, inf)
initial step size.

tol = 0.1; double in (0, inf)
some tolerance parameter.

nlopt
Minimizer algorithms using the NLOPT library, for a description of the optimizers please see 'http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt_Algorithms', supported parameters are:

ftola = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stopping criterion: the absolute change of the objective value is below this value.

ftolr = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stopping criterion: the relative change of the objective value is below this value.

higher = inf; double
Higher boundary (equal for all parameters).

local-opt = none; dict
local minimization algorithm that may be required for the main minimization algorithm.. Supported values are:
gn-orig-direct-l - Dividing Rectangles (original implementation, locally biased)
gn-direct-l-noscal - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled, locally biased)
gn-isres - Improved Stochastic Ranking Evolution Strategy
ld-tnewton - Truncated Newton
gn-direct-l-rand - Dividing Rectangles (locally biased, randomized)
ln-newuoa - Derivative-free Unconstrained Optimization by Iteratively Constructed Quadratic Approximation
gn-direct-l-rand-noscale - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled, locally biased, randomized)
gn-orig-direct - Dividing Rectangles (original implementation)
ld-tnewton-precond - Preconditioned Truncated Newton
ld-tnewton-restart - Truncated Newton with steepest-descent restarting
gn-direct - Dividing Rectangles
ln-neldermead - Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm
ln-cobyla - Constrained Optimization BY Linear Approximation
gn-crs2-lm - Controlled Random Search with Local Mutation
ld-var2 - Shifted Limited-Memory Variable-Metric, Rank 2
ld-var1 - Shifted Limited-Memory Variable-Metric, Rank 1
ld-mma - Method of Moving Asymptotes
ld-lbfgs-nocedal - None
ld-lbfgs - Low-storage BFGS
gn-direct-l - Dividing Rectangles (locally biased)
none - don't specify algorithm
ln-bobyqa - Derivative-free Bound-constrained Optimization
ln-sbplx - Subplex variant of Nelder-Mead
ln-newuoa-bound - Derivative-free Bound-constrained Optimization by Iteratively Constructed Quadratic Approximation
ln-praxis - Gradient-free Local Optimization via the Principal-Axis Method
gn-direct-noscal - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled)
ld-tnewton-precond-restart - Preconditioned Truncated Newton with steepest-descent restarting

lower = -inf; double
Lower boundary (equal for all parameters).

maxiter = 100; int in [1, inf)
Stopping criterion: the maximum number of iterations.

opt = ld-lbfgs; dict
main minimization algorithm. Supported values are:
gn-orig-direct-l - Dividing Rectangles (original implementation, locally biased)
g-mlsl-lds - Multi-Level Single-Linkage (low-discrepancy-sequence, require local gradient based optimization and bounds)
gn-direct-l-noscal - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled, locally biased)
gn-isres - Improved Stochastic Ranking Evolution Strategy
ld-tnewton - Truncated Newton
gn-direct-l-rand - Dividing Rectangles (locally biased, randomized)
ln-newuoa - Derivative-free Unconstrained Optimization by Iteratively Constructed Quadratic Approximation
gn-direct-l-rand-noscale - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled, locally biased, randomized)
gn-orig-direct - Dividing Rectangles (original implementation)
ld-tnewton-precond - Preconditioned Truncated Newton
ld-tnewton-restart - Truncated Newton with steepest-descent restarting
gn-direct - Dividing Rectangles
auglag-eq - Augmented Lagrangian algorithm with equality constraints only
ln-neldermead - Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm
ln-cobyla - Constrained Optimization BY Linear Approximation
gn-crs2-lm - Controlled Random Search with Local Mutation
ld-var2 - Shifted Limited-Memory Variable-Metric, Rank 2
ld-var1 - Shifted Limited-Memory Variable-Metric, Rank 1
ld-mma - Method of Moving Asymptotes
ld-lbfgs-nocedal - None
g-mlsl - Multi-Level Single-Linkage (require local optimization and bounds)
ld-lbfgs - Low-storage BFGS
gn-direct-l - Dividing Rectangles (locally biased)
ln-bobyqa - Derivative-free Bound-constrained Optimization
ln-sbplx - Subplex variant of Nelder-Mead
ln-newuoa-bound - Derivative-free Bound-constrained Optimization by Iteratively Constructed Quadratic Approximation
auglag - Augmented Lagrangian algorithm
ln-praxis - Gradient-free Local Optimization via the Principal-Axis Method
gn-direct-noscal - Dividing Rectangles (unscaled)
ld-tnewton-precond-restart - Preconditioned Truncated Newton with steepest-descent restarting
ld-slsqp - Sequential Least-Squares Quadratic Programming

step = 0; double in [0, inf)
Initial step size for gradient free methods.

stop = -inf; double
Stopping criterion: function value falls below this value.

xtola = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stopping criterion: the absolute change of all x-values is below this value.

xtolr = 0; double in [0, inf)
Stopping criterion: the relative change of all x-values is below this value.

EXAMPLE

Register the perfusion series given by images imageXXXX.exr by using Pseudo Ground Truth estimation. Skip two images at the beginning and otherwiese use the default parameters. Store the result images to 'regXXXX.exr'.
mia-2dgroundtruthreg -i imageXXXX.exr -o regXXXX.exr -k 2

AUTHOR(s)

Gert Wollny

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 1999-2015 Leipzig, Germany and Madrid, Spain. It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY and you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 (or later). For more information run the program with the option '--copyright'.