Tracking Liver Motion

Using MRI Tagging

Irene Duba
Zander Giuffrida
Mentor: Atchar Sudhyadhom

Problem: Organs Move

as Patients Breathe

Liver Motion is Difficult to

Track

Cine Tagging of the Liver

Applications:
Improved radiation
therapy techniques
Model the elasticity
of the liver

Grid Deformation Corresponds to

Liver Deformation

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Tracking Deformations in
mim

Deformable Image
Registration

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Deforming a Phantom
Image

Fusing the Phantom Images

Deformable Registration of the Phantom

Visualizing the Deformation Field with Matlab

Deformable Registration of Liver Images

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Deformable Registration of Liver Images

Visualizing the Deformation Field with Matlab

Visualizing the Deformation Field with Matlab

Conclusions

Successfully
used mim to
track motion in
phantoms

Currently working
on motion
tracking in mim
with liver scans

Tracking Deformations with

Matlab

Early methods

Circle detection
Pathfinding
Current: use mesh for grid
New methodology: use grid
from previous time point

Image Processing

Create mesh

Adjust mesh

Correct for artifacts

Motion Detection

Rapid loss of contrast

Use previous grids

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Next steps
Use grids from
previous
timepoints
Model as
optimization
problem
Compare
deformation fields
from MIM with
motion tracking