A surgical navigation system for aortic vascular surgery: A practical approach

M. Uematsu, K. Asato, T. Ichihashi, M. Umezu, R. Nakaoka, A. Matsuoka, S. Aomi, H. Iimura, T. Suzuki, Y. Muragaki, H. Iseki

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Abstract

In aortic vascular surgery, a navigation system must represent the anatomical map of individual patient in order to detect the important artery. To provide a proper fit for positions along the dorsoventral axis, the spinous process was added to a currently used anatomical point set consisting of four anterior body landmarks. In addition, we attempted to reduce the registration error by compensating for alignment errors resulting from variations in tissue thickness at each landmark. The alignment values were examined using a human phantom consisting of a skeleton model with subcutaneous tissue in the semilateral position. Using this method, a phantom simulation and five clinical trials were performed. Target errors were evaluated at the orifice of the intercostal artery. In the phantom simulation, the error at the target point was 4.1 ± 2.7 mm. However, for one patient undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm replacement surgery, the target error was 8.0 mm using the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013
Pages5327-5330
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Oct 31
Event2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013 - Osaka, Japan
Duration: 2013 Jul 32013 Jul 7

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Other

Other2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOsaka
Period13/7/313/7/7

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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