Anatomically Constrained Video-CT Registration via the V-IMLOP Algorithm

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2016 Oct:9902:133-141. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46726-9_16. Epub 2016 Oct 2.

Abstract

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a surgical procedure used to treat acute cases of sinusitis and other sinus diseases. FESS is fast becoming the preferred choice of treatment due to its minimally invasive nature. However, due to the limited field of view of the endoscope, surgeons rely on navigation systems to guide them within the nasal cavity. State of the art navigation systems report registration accuracy of over 1mm, which is large compared to the size of the nasal airways. We present an anatomically constrained video-CT registration algorithm that incorporates multiple video features. Our algorithm is robust in the presence of outliers. We also test our algorithm on simulated and in-vivo data, and test its accuracy against degrading initializations.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Endoscopy
  • Humans
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sinusitis / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Video-Assisted Surgery / methods*