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Comparing two approaches to rigid registration of three-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance images for neurosurgery.
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PMID:  21633799     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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PURPOSE: We present a new technique for registering magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound images in the context of neurosurgery. It involves generating a pseudo-ultrasound (pseudo-US) from a segmented MR image and uses cross-correlation as the cost function to register the pseudo-US to the real ultrasound data. The algorithm's performance is compared with that of a state-of-the-art technique that uses a median-filtered MR image to register to a Gaussian-blurred ultrasound using a normalized mutual information (NMI) objective function. METHODS: The two methods were tested on data from 15 patients with brain tumor, including low-and high-grade gliomas, in both first operations and reoperations. Two metrics were used to evaluate registration accuracy: (1) the mean distance between corresponding points, identified on both MR and ultrasound images by two experts, and (2) ratings based on visual comparison by one neurosurgeon. RESULTS: The mean residual distance of the pseudo-US technique, 2.97 mm, is significantly more accurate (p = .0011) than that of the NMI approach, 4.86 mm. The visual assessment shows that only 4 of the 15 cases had a satisfactory initial alignment based on homologous skin-point registration. There is a significant correlation between the quantitative distance measures and the qualitative ratings (rho = 0.785). CONCLUSION: The results show that the pseudo-US rigid registration technique robustly improves the MRI-ultrasound alignment when compared with the initial alignment, even when applied to highly distorted brains and a large range of tumor sizes and appearances.
Authors:
Laurence Mercier; Vladimir Fonov; Claire Haegelen; Rolando F Del Maestro; Kevin Petrecca; D Louis Collins
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-6-2
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1861-6429     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-6-2     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101499225     Medline TA:  Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Room WB-320, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada, laurence@bic.mni.mcgill.ca.
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