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  • Medical Imaging
  • Robotics in Surgery
  • Spine Surgery Navigation

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  • Image guidance using preoperative MRI and intraoperative US improves spine surgery outcomes.
  • Robotic US systems (RUSS) enable automated 3D US volume acquisition for better registration.
  • Cross-modality discrepancy between MRI and US presents a significant challenge for accurate registration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel pipeline for accurate per-vertebra registration in spine surgery.
  • To address the challenges of cross-modality discrepancy in image-guided spine surgery.
  • To enhance the applicability of robotic US systems in real-time surgical navigation.

Main Methods:

  • Extraction of spine pointclouds from preoperative MRI and intraoperative 3D US data.
  • Development of a pipeline for per-vertebra registration using extracted pointclouds.
  • Experimental validation of the pipeline's accuracy, robustness, and time efficiency.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a registration accuracy of 1.82 mm (residual root mean square error) and 7.02 mm (Chamfer distance).
  • Demonstrated superior robustness to suboptimal initial conditions compared to baseline methods.
  • Exhibited good time efficiency, suitable for real-time surgical conditions.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed pipeline effectively addresses cross-modality discrepancies in image-guided spine surgery.
  • The method shows significant potential for improving the accuracy and reliability of RUSS-guided spine procedures.
  • This approach offers a promising solution for enhancing surgical outcomes in complex spine interventions.