A robotic magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound platform for neonatal neurosurgery: Assessment of targeting accuracy and precision in a brain phantom.
focused ultrasound
hydrocephalus
magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound
neurosurgical robotics
thermosensitive brain-mimicking phantoms
Journal
Medical physics
ISSN: 2473-4209
Titre abrégé: Med Phys
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0425746
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
Historique:
revised:
07
02
2022
received:
26
08
2021
accepted:
07
02
2022
pubmed:
18
2
2022
medline:
14
4
2022
entrez:
17
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is one of the most serious neurovascular complications resulting from premature birth. It can result in clotting of blood within the ventricles, which causes a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid that can lead to posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Currently, there are no direct treatments for these blood clots as the standard of care is invasive surgery to insert a shunt. Magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU) has been investigated as a noninvasive treatment to lyse blood clots. However, current MRgHIFU systems are not suitable in the context of treating IVH in neonates. We have developed a robotic MRgHIFU neurosurgical platform designed to treat the neonatal brain. This platform facilitates ergonomic patient positioning and directs treatment through their open anterior fontanelle while providing a larger treatment volume. The platform is based on an MR-compatible robot developed by our group. Further development of the platform has warranted investigation of its targeting ability to assess its feasibility in the neonatal brain. This study aimed to quantify the platform's targeting accuracy, precision, and repeatability using a brain phantom and clinical MRI system. A thermosensitive brain-mimicking phantom was developed to test the platform's targeting accuracy. Rectangular grid patterns were created with HIFU thermal energy "lesions" in the phantoms by targeting specific coordinate points. The intended target locations were demarcated by inserting carbon fiber rods through a targeting assessment template. Coordinates for the intended and actual targets were derived from T2-weighted MRI scans, and the centroid distance between them was measured. Subsequently, the platform's targeting accuracy was quantified according to equations derived from ISO Standard 9283:1998. HIFU ablation resulted in distinct thermal lesions within the thermosensitive phantoms, which appeared as discrete hypointense regions in T2-weighted MR scans. A total of 127 target points were included in the data analysis, which yielded a targeting accuracy of 0.6 mm and targeting precision of 1.2 mm. The robotic MRgHIFU platform was shown to have a high degree of accuracy, precision, and repeatability. The results demonstrate the platform's functionality when targeting through simulated brain matter. These results serve as an initial verification of the platform targeting ability and showed promise toward the final application in a neonatal brain.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is one of the most serious neurovascular complications resulting from premature birth. It can result in clotting of blood within the ventricles, which causes a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid that can lead to posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Currently, there are no direct treatments for these blood clots as the standard of care is invasive surgery to insert a shunt. Magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU) has been investigated as a noninvasive treatment to lyse blood clots. However, current MRgHIFU systems are not suitable in the context of treating IVH in neonates.
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
We have developed a robotic MRgHIFU neurosurgical platform designed to treat the neonatal brain. This platform facilitates ergonomic patient positioning and directs treatment through their open anterior fontanelle while providing a larger treatment volume. The platform is based on an MR-compatible robot developed by our group. Further development of the platform has warranted investigation of its targeting ability to assess its feasibility in the neonatal brain. This study aimed to quantify the platform's targeting accuracy, precision, and repeatability using a brain phantom and clinical MRI system.
METHODS
METHODS
A thermosensitive brain-mimicking phantom was developed to test the platform's targeting accuracy. Rectangular grid patterns were created with HIFU thermal energy "lesions" in the phantoms by targeting specific coordinate points. The intended target locations were demarcated by inserting carbon fiber rods through a targeting assessment template. Coordinates for the intended and actual targets were derived from T2-weighted MRI scans, and the centroid distance between them was measured. Subsequently, the platform's targeting accuracy was quantified according to equations derived from ISO Standard 9283:1998.
RESULTS
RESULTS
HIFU ablation resulted in distinct thermal lesions within the thermosensitive phantoms, which appeared as discrete hypointense regions in T2-weighted MR scans. A total of 127 target points were included in the data analysis, which yielded a targeting accuracy of 0.6 mm and targeting precision of 1.2 mm.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The robotic MRgHIFU platform was shown to have a high degree of accuracy, precision, and repeatability. The results demonstrate the platform's functionality when targeting through simulated brain matter. These results serve as an initial verification of the platform targeting ability and showed promise toward the final application in a neonatal brain.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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