Interactive OCT annotation and visualization for vitreoretinal surgery

Marcin Balicki, Rogerio Richa, Balazs Vagvolgyi, Peter Kazanzides, Peter Gehlbach, James Handa, Jin Kang, Russell Taylor

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Vitreoretinal surgery is an extremely challenging surgical discipline requiring surgeons to use limited visualization to locate and safely operate on particularly delicate eye structures. Intraocular image guidance can potentially aid in localizing retinal targets, such as Epiretinal Membranes. This paper describes a system and methods for localizing difficult to identify anatomical features in the retina using video stereo-microscopy and intraocular OCT. We visually track the retina motion and relative position of a hand-held OCT probe to assemble an M-Scan, the cross-sectional image of the anatomy corresponding to a trajectory of the probe across the retina. The surgeon is then able to interrogate the OCT image during the procedure by pointing a surgical instrument at the M-Scan trajectory superimposed on the retina and displayed in 3D. The system is designed to provide relevant intraoperative imaging to increase surgical precision, and minimize the surgeon's cognitive load. We describe our system and quantify its performance in a phantom eye.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAugmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions - 7th International Workshop, AE-CAI 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012, Revised Selected Papers
Pages142-152
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event7th International Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions, AE-CAI 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012 - Nice, France
Duration: Oct 5 2013Oct 5 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7815 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions, AE-CAI 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period10/5/1310/5/13

Keywords

  • OCT
  • anatomical annotations
  • image guided interventions
  • smart instruments
  • stereo microscopy
  • visualization
  • vitreoretinal surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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