Fast and accurate vision-based stereo reconstruction and motion estimation for image-guided liver surgery Journal Article


Authors: Speers, A. D.; Ma, B.; Jarnagin, W. R.; Himidan, S.; Simpson, A. L.; Wildes, R. P.
Article Title: Fast and accurate vision-based stereo reconstruction and motion estimation for image-guided liver surgery
Abstract: Image-guided liver surgery aims to enhance the precision of resection and ablation by providing fast localisation of tumours and adjacent complex vasculature to improve oncologic outcome. This Letter presents a novel end-to-end solution for fast stereo reconstruction and motion estimation that demonstrates high accuracy with phantom and clinical data. The authors’ computationally efficient coarse-to-fine (CTF) stereo approach facilitates liver imaging by accounting for low texture regions, enabling precise three-dimensional (3D) boundary recovery through the use of adaptive windows and utilising a robust 3D motion estimator to reject spurious data. To the best of their knowledge, theirs is the only adaptive CTF matching approach to reconstruction and motion estimation that registers time series of reconstructions to a single key frame for registration to a volumetric computed tomography scan. The system is evaluated empirically in controlled laboratory experiments with a liver phantom and motorised stages for precise quantitative evaluation. Additional evaluation is provided through testing with patient data during liver resection. © 2018 Institution of Engineering and Technology.All right reserved.
Keywords: image enhancement; computerized tomography; surgery; image reconstruction; motion estimation; phantoms; computationally efficient; hospital data processing; stereo vision; stereo image processing; quantitative evaluation; boundary recoveries; controlled laboratories; end-to-end solutions; stereo reconstruction; threedimensional (3-d); volumetric computed tomographies
Journal Title: Healthcare Technology Letters
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
ISSN: 2053-3713
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology  
Date Published: 2018-10-01
Start Page: 208
End Page: 214
Language: English
DOI: 10.1049/htl.2018.5071
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC6222177
PUBMED: 30464852
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 3 December 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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  2. Amber L Simpson
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