Title
Design and development of a mobile image overlay system for needle interventions.
Abstract
Previously, a static and adjustable image overlay systems were proposed for aiding needle interventions. The system was either fixed to a scanner or mounted over a large articulated counterbalanced arm. Certain drawbacks associated with these systems limited the clinical translation. In order to minimize these limitations, we present the mobile image overlay system with the objective of reduced system weight, smaller dimension, and increased tracking accuracy. The design study includes optimal workspace definition, selection of display device, mirror, and laser source. The laser plane alignment, phantom design, image overlay plane calibration, and system accuracy validation methods are discussed. The virtual image is generated by a tablet device and projected into the patient by using a beamsplitter mirror. The viewbox weight (1.0 kg) was reduced by 8.2 times and image overlay plane tracking precision (0.21 mm, STD = 0.05) was improved by 5 times compared to previous system. The automatic self-calibration of the image overlay plane was achieved in two simple steps and can be done away from patient table. The fiducial registration error of the physical phantom to scanned image volume registration was 1.35 mm (STD = 0.11). The reduced system weight and increased accuracy of optical tracking should enable the system to be hand held by the physician and explore the image volume over the patient for needle interventions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945035
EMBC
Keywords
DocType
Volume
beamsplitter mirror,display device selection,physical phantom,calibration,image volume registration,mobile image overlay plane tracking precision,tablet device,biomedical optical imaging,needle interventions,mass 1.0 kg,automatic self-calibration,optical tracking,optical tracking accuracy,needles,fiducial registration error,image registration,virtual image generation,laser applications in medicine,laser source selection,phantoms,laser plane alignment,medical image processing
Conference
2014
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1557-170X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M Anand100.68
F King200.68
T Ungi300.34
A Lasso440.77
J Rudan500.68
J Jayender600.34
J Fritz700.34
J A Carrino800.34
F A Jolesz900.34
G Fichtinger1000.34