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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2018

Experimental study of sector and linear array ultrasound accuracy and the influence of navigated 3D-reconstruction as compared to MRI in a brain tumor model.

Max Siekmann, Thomas Lothes, Ralph König, Christian Rainer Wirtz, Jan Coburger

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Article in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Max SiekmannDepartment of Traumatology and orthopedic surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Breslauer Straße 201, 90471, Nuremberg, Germany. max.siekmann@klinikum-nuernberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7396-149X
Thomas LothesDepartement of Pediatrics, Klinikum Kempten, Robert-Weixler-Straße 50, 88439, Kempten, Germany.
Ralph KönigDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Campus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Straße 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany.
Christian Rainer WirtzDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Campus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Straße 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany.
Jan CoburgerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Campus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Straße 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3677-8258
Universität Ulm · DEKempten University of Applied Sciences · DENuremberg Hospital · DE

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Abstract

purposeCurrently, intraoperative ultrasound in brain tumor surgery is a rapidly propagating option in imaging technology. We examined the accuracy and resolution limits of different ultrasound probes and the influence of 3D-reconstruction in a phantom and compared these results to MRI in an intraoperative setting (iMRI).

methodsAn agarose gel phantom with predefined gel targets was examined with iMRI, a sector (SUS) and a linear (LUS) array probe with two-dimensional images. Additionally, 3D-reconstructed sweeps in perpendicular directions were made of every target with both probes, resulting in 392 measurements. Statistical calculations were performed, and comparative boxplots were generated.

resultsEvery measurement of iMRI and LUS was more precise than SUS, while there was no apparent difference in height of iMRI and 3D-reconstructed LUS. Measurements with 3D-reconstructed LUS were always more accurate than in 2D-LUS, while 3D-reconstruction of SUS showed nearly no differences to 2D-SUS in some measurements. We found correlations of 3D-reconstructed SUS and LUS length and width measurements with 2D results in the same image orientation.

conclusionsLUS provides an accuracy and resolution comparable to iMRI, while SUS is less exact than LUS and iMRI. 3D-reconstruction showed the potential to distinctly improve accuracy and resolution of ultrasound images, although there is a strong correlation with the sweep direction during data acquisition.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalBrainBrain NeoplasmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeurosurgical ProceduresPhantoms, ImagingSurgery, Computer-AssistedUltrasonography3D-reconstructionGliomaNavigationNeurosurgeryPhantomUltrasound

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