Alles, E;
Dwyer, G;
Colchester, R;
Maneas, E;
Stoyanov, D;
Desjardins, A;
(2020)
Real-time and Freehand Multimodal Imaging: Combining White Light Endoscopy with All-Optical Ultrasound.
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(Proceedings) IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
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Abstract
Minimally invasive surgery offers significant benefits over open surgery in terms of patient recovery, complication rates, and cost. Accurate visualisation is key for successful interventions; however, no single imaging modality offers sufficient resolution, penetration, and soft-tissue contrast to adequately monitor interventional treatment. Consequently, multimodal interventional imaging is intensively investigated. All-optical ultrasound (AOUS) imaging is an emerging modality where light is used to both generate and detect ultrasound. Using fibre-optics, highly miniaturised imaging probes can be fabricated that yield high-quality pulse-echo images and are readily integrated into minimally invasive interventional instruments. In this work, we present the integration of a miniature (diameter: 800 µm), highly directional AOUS imaging probe into a commercially available white light urethroscope, and demonstrate the first real-time, 3D multimodal imaging combining AOUS and white light endoscopy. Through the addition of an electromagnetic tracker, the position and pose of the instrument could be continuously recorded. This facilitated accurate real-time registration of the imaging modalities, as well as freehand operation of the instrument. In addition, the freehand imaging paradigm allowed for “piece-wise” scanning where the instrument was retracted and repositioned without recalibration. The presented imaging probe and system could significantly improve the quality of image guidance during interventional surgery.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Real-time and Freehand Multimodal Imaging: Combining White Light Endoscopy with All-Optical Ultrasound |
| Event: | IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium |
| Location: | Las Vegas |
| Dates: | 06 September 2020 - 11 September 2020 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp |
| 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: | Multimodal imaging, all-optical ultrasound imaging, endoscopy, freehand 3D imaging |
| UCL classification: | UCL 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 Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112853 |
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