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ArticleMedical physics2015

Depth-resolved registration of transesophageal echo to x-ray fluoroscopy using an inverse geometry fluoroscopy system.

Charles R Hatt, Michael T Tomkowiak, David A P Dunkerley, Jordan M Slagowski, Tobias Funk, Amish N Raval, Michael A Speidel

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Article in Medical physics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles R HattDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
Michael T TomkowiakDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
David A P DunkerleyDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
Jordan M SlagowskiDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
Tobias FunkTriple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, California 94560.
Amish N RavalDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53792.
Michael A SpeidelDepartments of Medical Physics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USTriple Ring Technologies (United States) · US

Funding

Low-Dose Tomosynthetic Interventional System For Quantitative Cardiac ImagingR01HL084022 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SPEIDEL, MICHAEL A · 2007 to 2015
$4.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeImage registration between standard x-ray fluoroscopy and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has recently been proposed. Scanning-beam digital x-ray (SBDX) is an inverse geometry fluoroscopy system designed for cardiac procedures. This study presents a method for 3D registration of SBDX and TEE images based on the tomosynthesis and 3D tracking capabilities of SBDX.

methodsThe registration algorithm utilizes the stack of tomosynthetic planes produced by the SBDX system to estimate the physical 3D coordinates of salient key-points on the TEE probe. The key-points are used to arrive at an initial estimate of the probe pose, which is then refined using a 2D/3D registration method adapted for inverse geometry fluoroscopy. A phantom study was conducted to evaluate probe pose estimation accuracy relative to the ground truth, as defined by a set of coregistered fiducial markers. This experiment was conducted with varying probe poses and levels of signal difference-to-noise ratio (SDNR). Additional phantom and in vivo studies were performed to evaluate the correspondence of catheter tip positions in TEE and x-ray images following registration of the two modalities.

resultsTarget registration error (TRE) was used to characterize both pose estimation and registration accuracy. In the study of pose estimation accuracy, successful pose estimates (3D TRE < 5.0 mm) were obtained in 97% of cases when the SDNR was 5.9 or higher in seven out of eight poses. Under these conditions, 3D TRE was 2.32 ± 1.88 mm, and 2D (projection) TRE was 1.61 ± 1.36 mm. Probe localization error along the source-detector axis was 0.87 ± 1.31 mm. For the in vivo experiments, mean 3D TRE ranged from 2.6 to 4.6 mm and mean 2D TRE ranged from 1.1 to 1.6 mm. Anatomy extracted from the echo images appeared well aligned when projected onto the SBDX images.

conclusionsFull 6 DOF image registration between SBDX and TEE is feasible and accurate to within 5 mm. Future studies will focus on real-time implementation and application-specific analysis.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsCalibrationCathetersEchocardiography, TransesophagealEquipment DesignFluoroscopyImaging, Three-DimensionalPhantoms, ImagingSwineWaterWater

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PMID26632057
PMCPMC4644157
OpenAlexW2179202659

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