Elastic Image Fusion Software to Coregister Preoperatively Planned Pedicle Screws With Intraoperative Computed Tomography Data for Image-Guided Spinal Surgery.
3D-NAV
AIRO
image-guided surgery
intraoperative CT
navigated spine surgery
pedicle screw
screw placement
Journal
International journal of spine surgery
ISSN: 2211-4599
Titre abrégé: Int J Spine Surg
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101579005
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
entrez:
26
4
2021
pubmed:
27
4
2021
medline:
27
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
For complex spinal cases, especially when robotic guidance is used, preoperative planning of pedicle screws can be helpful. Transfer of these preoperatively planned pedicle screws to intraoperative 3-dimensional imaging is challenging because of changes in anatomic alignment between preoperative supine and intraoperative prone imaging, especially when multiple levels are involved. In the spine, where each individual vertebra is subject to independent movement from adjacent level, rigid image fusion is confined to a single vertebra and can display fusion inaccuracies on adjacent levels. A novel elastic fusion algorithm is introduced to overcome these disadvantages. This study aimed to investigate image registration accuracy of preoperatively planned pedicle screws with an elastic fusion algorithm vs. rigid fusion for intraoperative placement with image-guided surgery. A total of 12 patients, were selected depending on the availability of a preoperative spinal computed tomography (CT) and an intraoperative AIRO CT scan (BrainLAB AG, Munich, Germany) of the same spinal region. To verify accuracy differences between rigid fusion and elastic fusion 76 bilateral screw trajectories were virtually defined in the preoperative CT image, and they were transferred via either rigid fusion or elastic fusion to the intraoperative CT scan. Accuracy of the transferred screws in the rigid and elastic fusion group was determined by measuring pedicle breaches on the intraoperative CT. In the rigid fusion group 1.3% of screws showed a breach of less than 2 mm, 9.2% showed breaches between 2 and 4 mm, and 18.4% of the screws showed an error above 4 mm. The elastic fusion group showed no breaches and provided high accuracy between preoperative and intraoperative screw placement. Elastic fusion provides high registration accuracy and represents a considerable step towards efficiency and safety in CT-based image-guided surgery. 3.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
For complex spinal cases, especially when robotic guidance is used, preoperative planning of pedicle screws can be helpful. Transfer of these preoperatively planned pedicle screws to intraoperative 3-dimensional imaging is challenging because of changes in anatomic alignment between preoperative supine and intraoperative prone imaging, especially when multiple levels are involved. In the spine, where each individual vertebra is subject to independent movement from adjacent level, rigid image fusion is confined to a single vertebra and can display fusion inaccuracies on adjacent levels. A novel elastic fusion algorithm is introduced to overcome these disadvantages. This study aimed to investigate image registration accuracy of preoperatively planned pedicle screws with an elastic fusion algorithm vs. rigid fusion for intraoperative placement with image-guided surgery.
METHODS
METHODS
A total of 12 patients, were selected depending on the availability of a preoperative spinal computed tomography (CT) and an intraoperative AIRO CT scan (BrainLAB AG, Munich, Germany) of the same spinal region. To verify accuracy differences between rigid fusion and elastic fusion 76 bilateral screw trajectories were virtually defined in the preoperative CT image, and they were transferred via either rigid fusion or elastic fusion to the intraoperative CT scan. Accuracy of the transferred screws in the rigid and elastic fusion group was determined by measuring pedicle breaches on the intraoperative CT.
RESULTS
RESULTS
In the rigid fusion group 1.3% of screws showed a breach of less than 2 mm, 9.2% showed breaches between 2 and 4 mm, and 18.4% of the screws showed an error above 4 mm. The elastic fusion group showed no breaches and provided high accuracy between preoperative and intraoperative screw placement.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Elastic fusion provides high registration accuracy and represents a considerable step towards efficiency and safety in CT-based image-guided surgery.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
METHODS
3.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33900987
pii: 8039
doi: 10.14444/8039
pmc: PMC8059388
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
295-301Informations de copyright
This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Copyright © 2021 ISASS.
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