Soft tissue navigation for laparoscopic prostatectomy: evaluation of camera pose estimation for enhanced visualization

21 March 2007 Soft tissue navigation for laparoscopic prostatectomy: evaluation of camera pose estimation for enhanced visualization

M. Baumhauer, T. Simpfendörfer, R. Schwarz, M. Seitel, B. P. Müller-Stich, C. N. Gutt, J. Rassweiler, H.-P. Meinzer, I. Wolf

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Proceedings Volume 6509, Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures; 650911 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.709655
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We introduce a novel navigation system to support minimally invasive prostate surgery. The system utilizes transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) and needle-shaped navigation aids to visualize hidden structures via Augmented Reality. During the intervention, the navigation aids are segmented once from a 3D TRUS dataset and subsequently tracked by the endoscope camera. Camera Pose Estimation methods directly determine position and orientation of the camera in relation to the navigation aids. Accordingly, our system does not require any external tracking device for registration of endoscope camera and ultrasonography probe. In addition to a preoperative planning step in which the navigation targets are defined, the procedure consists of two main steps which are carried out during the intervention: First, the preoperatively prepared planning data is registered with an intraoperatively acquired 3D TRUS dataset and the segmented navigation aids. Second, the navigation aids are continuously tracked by the endoscope camera. The camera's pose can thereby be derived and relevant medical structures can be superimposed on the video image. This paper focuses on the latter step. We have implemented several promising real-time algorithms and incorporated them into the Open Source Toolkit MITK (www.mitk.org). Furthermore, we have evaluated them for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) navigation scenarios. For this purpose, a virtual evaluation environment has been developed, which allows for the simulation of navigation targets and navigation aids, including their measurement errors. Besides evaluating the accuracy of the computed pose, we have analyzed the impact of an inaccurate pose and the resulting displacement of navigation targets in Augmented Reality.

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M. Baumhauer, T. Simpfendörfer, R. Schwarz, M. Seitel, B. P. Müller-Stich, C. N. Gutt, J. Rassweiler, H.-P. Meinzer, and I. Wolf "Soft tissue navigation for laparoscopic prostatectomy: evaluation of camera pose estimation for enhanced visualization", Proc. SPIE 6509, Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures, 650911 (21 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.709655

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