CISUS: an integrated 3D ultrasound system for IGT using a modular tracking API

Emad M. Boctor; Anand Viswanathan; Steve Pieper; Michael A. Choti M.D.; Russell H. Taylor; Ron Kikinis M.D.; Gabor Fichtinger

doi:10.1117/12.537776

5 May 2004 CISUS: an integrated 3D ultrasound system for IGT using a modular tracking API

Emad M. Boctor, Anand Viswanathan, Steve Pieper, Michael A. Choti M.D., Russell H. Taylor, Ron Kikinis M.D., Gabor Fichtinger

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Proceedings Volume 5367, Medical Imaging 2004: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537776
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Ultrasound has become popular in clinical/surgical applications, both as the primary image guidance modality and also in conjunction with other modalities like CT or MRI. Three dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) systems have also demonstrated usefulness in image-guided therapy (IGT). At the same time, however, current lack of open-source and open-architecture multi-modal medical visualization systems prevents 3DUS from fulfilling its potential. Several stand-alone 3DUS systems, like Stradx or In-Vivo exist today. Although these systems have been found to be useful in real clinical setting, it is difficult to augment their functionality and integrate them in versatile IGT systems. To address these limitations, a robotic/freehand 3DUS open environment (CISUS) is being integrated into the 3D Slicer, an open-source research tool developed for medical image analysis and surgical planning. In addition, the system capitalizes on generic application programming interfaces (APIs) for tracking devices and robotic control. The resulting platform-independent open-source system may serve as a valuable tool to the image guided surgery community. Other researchers could straightforwardly integrate the generic CISUS system along with other functionalities (i.e. dual view visualization, registration, real-time tracking, segmentation, etc) to rapidly create their medical/surgical applications. Our current driving clinical application is robotically assisted and freehand 3DUS-guided liver ablation, which is fully being integrated under the CISUS-3D Slicer. Initial functionality and pre-clinical feasibility are demonstrated on phantom and ex-vivo animal models.

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Emad M. Boctor, Anand Viswanathan, Steve Pieper, Michael A. Choti M.D., Russell H. Taylor, Ron Kikinis M.D., and Gabor Fichtinger "CISUS: an integrated 3D ultrasound system for IGT using a modular tracking API", Proc. SPIE 5367, Medical Imaging 2004: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display, (5 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537776

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