Title
Intraoperative ultrasound guidance for transanal endoscopic microsurgery.
Abstract
Local excision of rectal cancer with transanal endoscopic microsurgery has proved to be a viable alternative to conventional, more radical techniques, but the reduced sensory experience presents significant challenges for the surgeon. Accurate identification and complete removal of lesions and subsurface targets is currently a difficult task, often exacerbated by intraoperative tissue deformation. This work describes novel ultrasound calibration and effective visualisation methods designed to meet these requirements, relying solely on optical measurements and pattern tracking. Detailed quantitative phantom and porcine validation experiments confirm that the technique is both practical and an accurate means for assessing lesion thickness intraoperatively, leading directly to human clinical trials.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-33415-3_57
MICCAI
Keywords
Field
DocType
intraoperative ultrasound guidance,effective visualisation method,human clinical trial,accurate identification,complete removal,local excision,transanal endoscopic microsurgery,intraoperative tissue deformation,novel ultrasound calibration,accurate mean,difficult task,lesion thickness intraoperatively
Computer vision,Microsurgery,Optical measurements,Imaging phantom,Artificial intelligence,Radiology,Intraoperative ultrasound,Confocal laser endomicroscopy,Surgery,Medicine,Tissue deformation,Ultrasound
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
Pt 1
0302-9743
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.82
9
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Philip Pratt114011.88
Aimee Di Marco2140.82
Christopher Payne3151.18
Ara Darzi449658.41
Guang-Zhong Yang52812297.66