Project: Registering CBCT and fluoroscopy images to determine electrode placement in the human cochlea #1667
Description
Draft Status
Ready - team will start page creating immediately
Category
Segmentation / Classification / Landmarking
Key Investigators
- Attila Nagy (University of Szeged, Hungary)
- Paolo Zaffino (Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy)
- Attila Tanács (University of Szeged, Hungary)
Project Description
Cochlear implant electrode placeemnt is exteremely important during cochlear surgery, as inserting it as close as possible to the modiolus produces the best results (lower energy consumption of the device, better hearing outcomes, speec recognition ans so on).
But it is an imaging nightmare: imeging the inner ear isn't that easy, and doing so with metal inserted is even more challenging. One of the best option is to use fluroscopy images, but then we lose the 3rd dimension.
If we could register the two modalities, we could have the desired accuracy and extend the measurements into 3D.
Objective
Brainstorm about ideas, and maybe create a prototype using example data.
- Collect ideas
- Collect even more ideas
- Hopefully create a prototype
Approach and Plan
- Examine the CBCT and fluoroscopy images and identify the points. One for sure is that the CBCT images have bad distances, as usual...
- Try to overlay/register fluoroscopy images using anatomical landmarks
Progress and Next Steps
- Describe specific steps you have actually done.
Illustrations
Background and References
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