Zamani, M;
Salkim, E;
Saeed, SR;
Demosthenous, A;
(2020)
A Fast and Reliable Three-Dimensional Centerline Tracing: Application to Virtual Cochlear Implant Surgery.
IEEE Access
, 8
pp. 167757-167766.
10.1109/access.2020.3020247.
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Abstract
This paper presents a rapid and unsupervised three-dimensional (3D) tubular structure tracing algorithm for the detection of safe trajectories in cochlear surgery. The algorithm utilizes a generalized 3D cylinder model which offers low-order parameterization, enabling low-cost recursive directional tubular boundary analysis and derivation of tubular statistics (i.e. centerline coordinates). Unlike previous work, the proposed algorithm circumvents excessive computation per voxel while enhancing angular centerline traversing efficiency which is critical in cochlear implant surgery navigation. To accomplish this, design considerations include: 1) accurate engineering of kernels used for border analysis, 2) modifying decision-making in identifying optimal tracing angle with homogeneity criterion, 3) reducing tubular change exploratory search cost through discrete convolution analysis, and 4) a cross-section calibration engine which suppresses centerline angular deviations as well as recording a history of geometrical changes while tracing. When evaluated on synthetic imagery mimicking cochlea structural complexity and real reconstructed cochlea models, it consistently produced accurate estimates of centerline coordinates and widths-heights in the presence of noise and spatial artefacts. Validation has shown that the centerline error for the proposed algorithm is below 6 pixels and the average traced pixel performance is 92.9% of the true centerline pixels on the examined cochlea models. By restricting the image analysis to the regions of interest, the proposed algorithm performs rapid centerline tracing of the cochlea needed for real-time surgery (0.48 seconds per electrode insertion).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Fast and Reliable Three-Dimensional Centerline Tracing: Application to Virtual Cochlear Implant Surgery |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/access.2020.3020247 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3020247 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Automated insertion, cochlea, cross-section calibration, directional convolution, minimally invasive surgery, real-time systems, robust centerline tracing, tubular structures, virtual surgery |
| 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 Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute 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 Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110619 |
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