Review Article

Current Approaches for Image Fusion of Histological Data with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 2

Quantitative comparison of the stated similarities and resolution for the image-to-image strategies taken from the literature discussed.

AuthorMatching criteriaStated similarity3D resolution (per pixel)Relative accuracy

Xiao et al. [10]IntensityL1-norm270 µm
Nagara et al. [49]FeatureDice index, Jaccard index, recall, and NCCDataset 1 : 49 µm, dataset 2 : 52 µm
Groen et al. [51]Intensity600 µm (best value used)18 µm0.03
Katsamenis et al. [64]Landmark8.84 µm
Seise et al. [52]Intensity/landmark500 µm (worst value used)400 µm0.8
Albers et al. [5]IntensityDisplacement index2.33 µm
Magee et al. [58]Intensity200 µm50 µm0.25