Registration of a statistical shape model of the lumbar spine to 3D ultrasound images

Siavash Khallaghi, Parvin Mousavi, Ren Hui Gong, Sean Gill, Jonathan Boisvert, Gabor Fichtinger, David Pichora, Dan Borschneck, Purang Abolmaesumi

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Abstract

Motivation: Spinal needle injections are technically demanding procedures. The use of ultrasound image guidance without prior CT and MR imagery promises to improve the efficacy and safety of these procedures in an affordable manner. Methodology: We propose to create a statistical shape model of the lumbar spine and warp this atlas to patient-specific ultrasound images during the needle placement procedure. From CT image volumes of 35 patients, statistical shape model of the L3 vertebra is built, including mean shape and main modes of variation. This shape model is registered to the ultrasound data by simultaneously optimizing the parameters of the model and its relative pose. Ground-truth data was established by printing 3D anatomical models of 3 patients using a rapid prototyping. CT and ultrasound data of these models were registered using fiducial markers. Results: Pairwise registration of the statistical shape model and 3D ultrasound images led to a mean target registration error of 3.4 mm, while 81% of all cases yielded clinically acceptable accuracy below the 3.5 mm threshold.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages68-75
Number of pages8
Volume6362 LNCS
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: Sep 20 2010Sep 24 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6362 LNCS
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (Electronic)16113349

Other

Other13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period9/20/109/24/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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