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International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 6/2019

08-04-2019 | Original Article

Flexible needle and patient tracking using fractional scanning in interventional CT procedures

Authors: Guy Medan, Leo Joskowicz

Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | Issue 6/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

We present a new method for flexible needle and patient localization in interventional CT procedures based on fractional CT scanning. Our method accurately localizes the trajectory of a flexible needle to which a spherical marker is attached at a known distance from the tip with respect to a baseline scan of patient in the CT scanner coordinate frame.

Methods

The localization is achieved with a significantly lower dose compared to a full scan using sparse view angle sampling and without reconstructing the CT image of the repeat scan. Our method starts by performing rigid registration between the patient and the baseline scan in 3D Radon space computed from the sparse projection data. It then computes 2D projection difference images in which the flexible needle and the spherical marker appear as prominent features. Their 3D spatial locations are then automatically extracted from the projection images to accurately trace the flexible needle trajectory. To validate our method, we conducted registration and needle trajectory localization experiments in seven abdomen phantom scans using a short and a long flexible needle.

Results

Our experimental results yield a mean needle trajectory localization error of 0.7 ± 0.2 mm and a mean tip localization error of 2.4 ± 0.9 mm with a \(\times \)7.5 radiation dose reduction with respect to a full CT scan.

Conclusions

The significant radiation dose reduction enables more frequent needle trajectory localization during the needle insertion for a similar total dose, or a reduced total dose for the same localization frequency.
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Metadata
Title
Flexible needle and patient tracking using fractional scanning in interventional CT procedures
Authors
Guy Medan
Leo Joskowicz
Publication date
08-04-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 1861-6410
Electronic ISSN: 1861-6429
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-019-01945-x

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