8. Conclusion

In this article, we provide an overview of the various issues involved in medical image registration. A method is characterized by the attributes used to guide the registration, a similarity criterion, a deformation model and an optimization strategy. Different choices are possible for each of these elements, resulting in a very large number of different registration methods.

More and more methods are available on the Internet (see "Find out more"). Choosing which of these methods is best suited to a given problem is not always easy. It's important to bear in mind that using a recalibration method as a simple "black box" in a processing chain can prove perilous, and the simple substitution of one recalibration method for another can sometimes have significant consequences for the final result of the processing chain in question. In any case, no registration method...