Ultrasound to video registration using a bi-plane transrectal probe with photoacoustic markers

Alexis Cheng; Hyun Jae Kang; Haichong K. Zhang; Russell H. Taylor; Emad M. Boctor

doi:10.1117/12.2216644

24 March 2016 Ultrasound to video registration using a bi-plane transrectal probe with photoacoustic markers

Alexis Cheng, Hyun Jae Kang, Haichong K. Zhang, Russell H. Taylor, Emad M. Boctor

Proceedings Volume 9786, Medical Imaging 2016: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 97860J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216644
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Modern surgical scenarios typically provide surgeons with additional information through fusion of video and other imaging modalities. To provide this information, the tools and devices used in surgery must be registered together with interventional guidance equipment and surgical navigation systems. In this work, we focus explicitly on registering ultrasound with a stereo camera system using photoacoustic markers. Previous work has shown that photoacoustic markers can be used in this registration task to achieve target registration errors lower than the current available systems. Photoacoustic markers are defined as a set of non-collinear laser spots projected onto some surface. They can be simultaneously visualized by a stereo camera system and an ultrasound transducer because of the photoacoustic effect.

In more recent work, the three-dimensional ultrasound volume was replaced by images from a single ultrasound image pose from a convex array transducer. The feasibility of this approach was demonstrated, but the accuracy was lacking due to the physical limitations of the convex array transducer. In this work, we propose the use of a bi-plane transrectal ultrasound transducer. The main advantage of using this type of transducer is that the ultrasound elements are no longer restricted to a single plane. While this development would be limited to prostate applications, liver and kidney applications are also feasible if a suitable transducer is built. This work is demonstrated in two experiments, one without photoacoustic sources and one with. The resulting target registration error for these experiments were 1.07mm±0.35mm and 1.27mm±0.47mm respectively, both of which are better than current available navigation systems.

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Alexis Cheng, Hyun Jae Kang, Haichong K. Zhang, Russell H. Taylor, and Emad M. Boctor "Ultrasound to video registration using a bi-plane transrectal probe with photoacoustic markers", Proc. SPIE 9786, Medical Imaging 2016: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 97860J (24 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216644

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