Abstract

X-ray fluoroscopy is routinely used to guide cardiac catheterisations due to its real-time imaging capability and high device visibility, but lacks depth information and poorly visualizes the heart itself. A novel 2D-3D image registration method was developed that can augment 2D fluoroscopy by overlaying 3D CT cardiac images that have excellent soft-tissue information. The method relies on the catheterisation of two vessels during the procedure and globally minimizing a vessel-radius-weighted distance error between the vessel centrelines, segmented from the 3D data, and corresponding catheters reconstructed from biplane X-ray fluoroscopy. Validation of the algorithm was carried out using a glass heart phantom with catheters inserted into combinations of six of its vessels. Results show that registration with the coronary sinus resulted in an average 3D-TRE between 0.55 and 9.1 mm, with the best tested pair being the coronary sinus and descending aorta. The algorithm will be useful for guiding cardiac cauterization procedures and also for co-registration of data for the purposes of biophysical cardiac modelling.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStatistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart
Subtitle of host publicationImaging and Modelling Challenges - Second International Workshop, STACOM 2011, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2011, Revised Selected Papers
Pages139-148
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2012
Event2nd International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modelling Challenges, STACOM 2011, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2011 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 22 Sept 201122 Sept 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7085 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modelling Challenges, STACOM 2011, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period22/09/201122/09/2011

Keywords

  • 2D-3D image registration
  • cardiac imaging
  • CT
  • image-guided catheterisation
  • weighted absolute orientation
  • X-ray

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