Rapid fusion of 2D x-ray fluoroscopy with 3D multislice CT for image-guided electrophysiology procedures

Lyubomir Zagorchev; Robert Manzke; Ricardo Cury; Vivek Y. Reddy; Raymond C. Chan

doi:10.1117/12.708180

22 March 2007 Rapid fusion of 2D x-ray fluoroscopy with 3D multislice CT for image-guided electrophysiology procedures

Lyubomir Zagorchev, Robert Manzke, Ricardo Cury, Vivek Y. Reddy, Raymond C. Chan

Proceedings Volume 6509, Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures; 65092B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708180
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Interventional cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures are typically performed under X-ray fluoroscopy for visualizing catheters and EP devices relative to other highly-attenuating structures such as the thoracic spine and ribs. These projections do not however contain information about soft-tissue anatomy and there is a recognized need for fusion of conventional fluoroscopy with pre-operatively acquired cardiac multislice computed tomography (MSCT) volumes. Rapid 2D-3D integration in this application would allow for real-time visualization of all catheters present within the thorax in relation to the cardiovascular anatomy visible in MSCT. We present a method for rapid fusion of 2D X-ray fluoroscopy with 3DMSCT that can facilitate EP mapping and interventional procedures by reducing the need for intra-operative contrast injections to visualize heart chambers and specialized systems to track catheters within the cardiovascular anatomy. We use hardware-accelerated ray-casting to compute digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) from the MSCT volume and iteratively optimize the rigid-body pose of the volumetric data to maximize the similarity between the MSCT-derived DRR and the intra-operative X-ray projection data.

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Lyubomir Zagorchev, Robert Manzke, Ricardo Cury, Vivek Y. Reddy, and Raymond C. Chan "Rapid fusion of 2D x-ray fluoroscopy with 3D multislice CT for image-guided electrophysiology procedures", Proc. SPIE 6509, Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures, 65092B (22 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708180

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