A Spatial-Stiffness Analysis of Fiducial Registration Accuracy

Abstract. We describe a new approach to predicting the maximum target registration error for fiducial registration. The approach is based on the analysis of a spatial stiffness model that produces an analytic expression of the maximum error that is closely related to the formula reported in Fitzpatrick et al. [1]. The methodology we used was developed by Lin et al. [4]. The analytic stiffness results yield error estimates that closely match those from numerical simulations.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: MICCAI
• Authors: Burton Ma, Randy E. Ellis
• Keywords: Fitzpatrick Et Al, Maximum Error, Medical Imaging, MICCAI 2003, Target Registration Error