Navigation Needs in Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
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<I>Introduction</I>: Neuroendoscopic surgery provides a minimally invasive surgical approach for treating hydrocephalus, intracranial tumor access and various other diseases, as an alternative to shunts and invasive open craniotomy. While flexible neuroendoscopic images provide a direct view into cavities within the brain, it is extremely difficult to safely target the region of interest using endoscopic images alone. The continued existence of this limitation represents an important problem leading to abandonment of the procedures, vascular injury, oculomotor palsy and other complications. We propose an integrated navigation system for flexible neuroendoscopy using electromagnetic localizer. The navigation system will provide the location of the tip of flexible endoscope in pre-operative MRI and CT images and the three-dimensional virtual-endoscopic view synchronized with the real endoscopic view.<BR><I>Material and Methods</I>: An electromagnetic localizer (Aurora <SUP>®</SUP>, Northern Digital Inc.) was used to track the position of a standard flexible endoscope. We developed the "Neuroendoscopy"module in 3D Slicer software. This new module is specific for the neuroendoscopic navigation surgery. Virtual endoscopic views are graphically rendered using the 3D Slicer. Accuracy and repeatability of the tracking system were evaluated by placing the endoscopic tip at calibrated points on a plastic phantom near an operation table. Accuracy of patient-to-image registration was evaluated using a skull phantom<BR><I>Results</I>: The electromagnetic localizer exhibited clinically relevant accuracy when tracking the flexible endoscope. Localization accuracy had root-mean-square (RMS) error of 0.89 mm (95% confidence level=0.17mm) when tracking the flexible endoscope near the operating table. The mean error between the tracked endoscope and the internal fiducial landmarks of the skull, within the registered image coordinate frame, was found to be 1.25mm (1.355mm RMS).<BR><I>Conclusions</I>: The preliminary assessment study lead us to surmise that the electromagnetic localizer is feasible to use in clinical setting and the registration by 3D Slicer provides clinically acceptable accuracy.
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