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Performing a craniotomy will cause brain tissue to shift. As a result of the craniotomy, the accuracy of stereotactic localization techniques is reduced unless the brain shift can be accurately measured. If an ultrasound probe is tracked by a 3D optical tracking system, intra-operative ultrasound images acquired through the craniotomy can be compared to pre-operative MRI images to quantify the shift. We have developed 2D and 3D image overlay tools which allow interactive, real-time visualization of the shift as well as software that uses homologous landmarks between the ultrasound and MRI image volumes to create a thin-plate-spline warp transformation that provides a mapping between pre-operative imaging coordinates and the shifted intra-operative coordinages. Our techniques have been demonstrated on poly vinyl alcohol cryogel phantoms which exhibit mechanical and imaging properties similar to those of the human brain.
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Gobbi, D.G., Comeau, R.M., Peters, T.M. (2000). Ultrasound/MRI Overlay with Image Warping for Neurosurgery. In: Delp, S.L., DiGoia, A.M., Jaramaz, B. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2000. MICCAI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1935. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40899-4_11
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