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Multimodality non-rigid image registration for planning, targeting and monitoring during CT-guided percutaneous liver tumor cryoablation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20817574     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to develop non-rigid image registration between preprocedure contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images and intraprocedure unenhanced computed tomographic (CT) images, to enhance tumor visualization and localization during CT imaging-guided liver tumor cryoablation procedures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A non-rigid registration technique was evaluated with different preprocessing steps and algorithm parameters and compared to a standard rigid registration approach. The Dice similarity coefficient, target registration error, 95th-percentile Hausdorff distance, and total registration time (minutes) were compared using a two-sided Student's t test. The entire registration method was then applied during five CT imaging-guided liver cryoablation cases with the intraprocedural CT data transmitted directly from the CT scanner, with both accuracy and registration time evaluated.
RESULTS: Selected optimal parameters for registration were a section thickness of 5 mm, cropping the field of view to 66% of its original size, manual segmentation of the liver, B-spline control grid of 5 × 5 × 5, and spatial sampling of 50,000 pixels. A mean 95th-percentile Hausdorff distance of 3.3 mm (a 2.5 times improvement compared to rigid registration, P < .05), a mean Dice similarity coefficient of 0.97 (a 13% increase), and a mean target registration error of 4.1 mm (a 2.7 times reduction) were measured. During the cryoablation procedure, registration between the preprocedure MR and the planning intraprocedure CT imaging took a mean time of 10.6 minutes, MR to targeting CT image took 4 minutes, and MR to monitoring CT imaging took 4.3 minutes. Mean registration accuracy was <3.4 mm.
CONCLUSIONS: Non-rigid registration allowed improved visualization of the tumor during interventional planning, targeting, and evaluation of tumor coverage by the ice ball. Future work is focused on reducing segmentation time to make the method more clinically acceptable.
Authors:
Haytham Elhawary; Sota Oguro; Kemal Tuncali; Paul R Morrison; Servet Tatli; Paul B Shyn; Stuart G Silverman; Nobuhiko Hata
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic radiology     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1878-4046     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Radiol     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-11     Completed Date:  2011-02-22     Revised Date:  2011-11-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9440159     Medline TA:  Acad Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1334-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 AUR. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. elhawary@bwh.harvard.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cryosurgery / methods*
Female
Hepatectomy / methods*
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*,  surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Subtraction Technique
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Treatment Outcome
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 CA124377-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA124377-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA124377-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA124377-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA124377-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U54 EB005149-05/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS

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