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Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with a Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Transmitter for Guidance of Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery

Xia, W; Noimark, S; Ourselin, S; West, SJ; Finlay, MC; David, AL; Desjardins, AE; (2017) Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with a Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Transmitter for Guidance of Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery. In: Descoteaux, M and Maier-Hein, L and Franz, A and Jannin, P and Collins, DL and Duchesne, S, (eds.) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention − MICCAI 2017: 20th International Conference, Quebec City, QC, Canada, September 11-13, 2017, Proceedings, Part II. (pp. pp. 637-645). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Green open access

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Abstract

Ultrasound imaging is widely used for guiding minimally invasive procedures, including fetal surgery. Visualisation of medical devices such as medical needles is critically important and it remains challenging in many clinical contexts. During in-plane insertions, a needle can have poor visibility at steep insertion angles and at large insertion depths. During out-of-plane insertions, the needle tip can have a similar ultrasonic appearance to the needle shaft when it intersects with the ultrasound imaging plane. When the needle tip is not accurately identified, it can damage critical structures, with potentially severe consequences, including loss of pregnancy. In this paper, we present a tracking system to directly visualise the needle tip with an ultrasonic beacon. The waves transmitted by the beacon were received by an external ultrasound imaging probe. Pairs of co-registered images were acquired in rapid succession with this probe: a photoacoustic image obtained with the system in receive-only mode, and a conventional B-mode ultrasound image. The beacon comprised a custom elastomeric nanocomposite coating at the distal end of an optical fibre, which was positioned within the lumen of a commercial 22 gauge needle. Delivery of pulsed light to the coating resulted in the photoacoustic generation of ultrasonic waves. The measured tracking accuracies in water in the axial and lateral dimensions were 0.39±0.19 mm and 1.85±0.29 mm, respectively. To obtain a preliminary indication of the clinical potential of this ultrasonic needle tracking system, needle insertions were performed in an in vivo fetal sheep model. The results demonstrate that ultrasonic needle tracking with a fibre-optic transmitter is feasible in a clinically realistic fetal surgery environment, and that it could be useful to guide minimally invasive procedures by providing accurate visualisation of the medical device tip.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with a Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Transmitter for Guidance of Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery
Event: 20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2017), 11 - 13 September 2017, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Location: Germany
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-66185-8
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66185-8_72
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66185-8_72
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Algorithms, Animals, Female, Fetus, Needles, Pregnancy, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sheep, Ultrasonography, Interventional
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Maternal and Fetal Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070088
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