Chaozheng Zhou1,2, Lukas Anschuetz3, Stefan Weder3, Le Xie4, Marco Caversaccio3, Stefan Weber1, Tom Williamson5. 1. ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 2. Institute of Forming Technology and Equipment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. 3. Department for ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. 4. Institute of Forming Technology and Equipment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. lexie@sjtu.edu.cn. 5. ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. tom.williamson@artorg.unibe.ch.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The accuracy achievable when utilizing image guidance depends to a large extent on the accuracy with which the patient can be registered to preoperative image data. This work proposes a method for the registration of the temporal bone based on surface matching and investigates the achievable accuracy of the technique. METHODS: Fourteen human temporal bones were utilized for evaluation; incisions were made, fiducial screws were implanted to act as a ground truth, and imaging was performed. The positions of the fiducials and surface of the mastoid were extracted from image data and reference positions defined at the round window and the mastoid surface. The surface of the bone was then digitized using a tracked pointer within the region exposed by the incisions and the physical and image point clouds registered, with the result compared to the fiducial-based registration. RESULTS: Results of one case were excluded due to a problem with the ground truth registration. In the remaining cases an accuracy of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] mm was observed relative to the ground truth at the surface of the mastoid and round window, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A technique for the registration of the temporal bone was proposed, based on surface matching after exposure of the mastoid surface, and evaluated on human temporal bone specimens. The results reveal that high-accuracy patient-to-image registration is possible without the use of fiducial screws.
PURPOSE: The accuracy achievable when utilizing image guidance depends to a large extent on the accuracy with which the patient can be registered to preoperative image data. This work proposes a method for the registration of the temporal bone based on surface matching and investigates the achievable accuracy of the technique. METHODS: Fourteen human temporal bones were utilized for evaluation; incisions were made, fiducial screws were implanted to act as a ground truth, and imaging was performed. The positions of the fiducials and surface of the mastoid were extracted from image data and reference positions defined at the round window and the mastoid surface. The surface of the bone was then digitized using a tracked pointer within the region exposed by the incisions and the physical and image point clouds registered, with the result compared to the fiducial-based registration. RESULTS: Results of one case were excluded due to a problem with the ground truth registration. In the remaining cases an accuracy of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] mm was observed relative to the ground truth at the surface of the mastoid and round window, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A technique for the registration of the temporal bone was proposed, based on surface matching after exposure of the mastoid surface, and evaluated on human temporal bone specimens. The results reveal that high-accuracy patient-to-image registration is possible without the use of fiducial screws.
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