Inter-operative trajectory registration for endoluminal video synchronization: application to biopsy site re-localization

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2013;16(Pt 1):372-9. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-40811-3_47.

Abstract

The screening of oesophageal adenocarcinoma involves obtaining biopsies at different regions along the oesophagus. The localization and tracking of these biopsy sites inter-operatively poses a significant challenge for providing targeted treatments. This paper presents a novel framework for providing a guided navigation to the gastro-intestinal specialist for accurate re-positioning of the endoscope at previously targeted sites. Firstly, we explain our approach for the application of electromagnetic tracking in acheiving this objective. Then, we show on three in-vivo porcine interventions that our system can provide accurate guidance information, which was qualitatively evaluated by five experts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Capsule Endoscopy / methods*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Image-Guided Biopsy / methods*
  • Magnetics / methods*
  • Observer Variation
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Subtraction Technique*