Preliminary results of nonfluoroscopy-based 3D navigation for neurointerventional procedures

Sonia Pujol, Kai Frerichs, Alexander Norbash, Ron Kikinis, C.-F. Westin
J Vasc Interv Radiol
Volume 18, Pages 289-298
2007

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Abstract

To investigate the capabilities of a neurovascular navigation prototype in phantom experiments. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The proposed navigation system integrates three-dimensional (3D) visualization of the anatomy and real-time electromagnetic localization of the endovascular tools. A 3D model of an endovascular phantom was reconstructed from thresholded preprocedural computed tomographic (CT) data. The vascular model was aligned with the reference frame of an electromagnetic tracker by using paired-point matching based on eight external fiducials. The robustness and accuracy of the registration were evaluated in 29 experiments. A magnetically tracked catheter was inserted into the carotid artery of the phantom, and the navigation system was used to reach five predefined vascular landmarks. The spatial accuracy of the prototype was evaluated during 50 endovascular targeting attempts. RESULTS: The navigation system achieved accurate co-registration of the location of a catheter inside a 3D reconstruction of a phantom vasculature. The experiments demonstrated the robustness of the registration, with a standard deviation for the translation and rotation components of 0.7 mm and 0.3 degrees , respectively. The maximal average error on the fiducials was 3.2 mm. Endovascular navigation by using the 3D real-time display was successfully performed with a mean overall accuracy of 2.7 mm /- 0.7 and no projection limitation. CONCLUSION: The authors developed a navigation system that provides real-time 3D visualization of the position of endovascular components in a neurovascular phantom. The preliminary in vitro experiments showed clinically acceptable accuracy.

Details of the inner and outer walls of the 3D model of the phantom's internal carotid artery. The image depicts the details of the surface polygons that were generated during the 3D reconstruction.

Reference

Pujol S, Frerichs K, Norbash A, Kikinis R, Westin CF. Preliminary results of nonfluoroscopy-based 3d navigation for neurointerventional procedures. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2007;18:289-298.

Bibtex entry

@Article{pujolJVIR07,
  author         = "Sonia Pujol and Kai Frerichs and Alexander Norbash and Ron 
                   Kikinis and Carl-Fredrik Westin",                           
  title          = "Preliminary results of nonfluoroscopy-based 3D navigation  
                   for neurointerventional procedures",                        
  journal        = "J Vasc Interv Radiol",                                     
  year           = "2007",                                                     
  volume         = {18},                                                       
  pages          = {289--298}, }