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A comparison of computer-aided surgery registration methods for endoscopic sinus surgery.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16539295     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Stereotactic computer-aided surgery has provided the surgeon with a means to navigate more safely through diseased or surgically altered sinus anatomy. Accurate registration is vital to successful image-guided surgery. This study compared the accuracy and performance of three registration methods: fiducial, anatomic landmarks, and surface registration. METHODS: Ten fixed cadaveric heads underwent endoscopic computed tomography scan followed by middle meatal antrostomy and sphenoidotomy. Each registration method was performed, and the time required and mean registration error were recorded. Five anatomic sites were then identified and compared with the preoperative computed tomography images. The true distances between the known anatomic sites and the crosshair locations on the images were measured. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were noted for mean registration error and time for registration. The mean +/-SEM time for registration for the fiducial, surface, and landmark methods were 5 minutes 24 seconds +/-27 seconds, 1 minute 1 second +/-5 seconds, and 11 minutes 46 seconds +/-45 seconds, respectively. The mean +/-SEM registration error for the fiducial, surface, and landmark methods were 0.48 +/- 0.21 mm, 1.05 +/- 0.06 mm, and 3.1 +/- 0.25 mm, respectively. When the true accuracy of the three registration methods were compared, no significant difference was found between fiducial and surface registration. However, fiducial registration was significantly more accurate than landmark registration at all points. When compared with landmark registration, surface registration was statistically more accurate at all anatomic sites except for the sella turcica and optic nerve. CONCLUSION: When the true accuracies of these methods were compared in fixed cadaveric specimens,fiducial and surface registration were statistically similar but were found to be significantly more accurate than landmark registration. Furthermore, when time of registration, accuracy, and ease of use were considered, surface registration was found superior.
Authors:
Stuart M Hardy; Christopher Melroy; David R White; Marc Dubin; Brent Senior
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of rhinology     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1050-6586     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Rhinol     Publication Date:    2006 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-03-16     Completed Date:  2007-05-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8807268     Medline TA:  Am J Rhinol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  48-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7070, USA. hardys@med.unc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analysis of Variance
Cadaver
Endoscopy / methods*
Humans
Paranasal Sinuses / surgery
Sinusitis / surgery*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

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