Multimodal image-guided prostate fusion biopsy based on automatic deformable registration

TY - JOUR

T1 - Multimodal image-guided prostate fusion biopsy based on automatic deformable registration

T2 - Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg

AU - Zettinig, O.

AU - Shah, A.

AU - Hennersperger, C.

AU - Eiber, M.

AU - Kroll, C.

AU - Kubler, H.

AU - Maurer, T.

AU - Milletari, F.

AU - Rackerseder, J.

AU - Schulte Zu Berge, C.

AU - Storz, E.

AU - Frisch, B.

AU - Navab, N.

N1 - 1861-6429 Zettinig, Oliver Shah, Amit Hennersperger, Christoph Eiber, Matthias Kroll, Christine Kubler, Hubert Maurer, Tobias Milletari, Fausto Rackerseder, Julia Schulte Zu Berge, Christian Storz, Enno Frisch, Benjamin Navab, Nassir Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2015 Dec;10(12):1997-2007. doi: 10.1007/s11548-015-1233-y. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - PURPOSE: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided random prostate biopsy is, in spite of its low sensitivity, the gold standard for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The recent advent of PET imaging using a novel dedicated radiotracer, [Formula: see text]-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), combined with MRI provides improved pre-interventional identification of suspicious areas. This work proposes a multimodal fusion image-guided biopsy framework that combines PET-MRI images with TRUS, using automatic segmentation and registration, and offering real-time guidance. METHODS: The prostate TRUS images are automatically segmented with a Hough transform-based random forest approach. The registration is based on the Coherent Point Drift algorithm to align surfaces elastically and to propagate the deformation field calculated from thin-plate splines to the whole gland. RESULTS: The method, which has minimal requirements and temporal overhead in the existing clinical workflow, is evaluated in terms of surface distance and landmark registration error with respect to the clinical ground truth. Evaluations on agar-gelatin phantoms and clinical data of 13 patients confirm the validity of this approach. CONCLUSION: The system is able to successfully map suspicious regions from PET/MRI to the interventional TRUS image.

AB - PURPOSE: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided random prostate biopsy is, in spite of its low sensitivity, the gold standard for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The recent advent of PET imaging using a novel dedicated radiotracer, [Formula: see text]-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), combined with MRI provides improved pre-interventional identification of suspicious areas. This work proposes a multimodal fusion image-guided biopsy framework that combines PET-MRI images with TRUS, using automatic segmentation and registration, and offering real-time guidance. METHODS: The prostate TRUS images are automatically segmented with a Hough transform-based random forest approach. The registration is based on the Coherent Point Drift algorithm to align surfaces elastically and to propagate the deformation field calculated from thin-plate splines to the whole gland. RESULTS: The method, which has minimal requirements and temporal overhead in the existing clinical workflow, is evaluated in terms of surface distance and landmark registration error with respect to the clinical ground truth. Evaluations on agar-gelatin phantoms and clinical data of 13 patients confirm the validity of this approach. CONCLUSION: The system is able to successfully map suspicious regions from PET/MRI to the interventional TRUS image.

KW - Algorithms Humans Image-Guided Biopsy/methods Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods Male Multimodal Imaging/methods Positron-Emission Tomography/methods Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis Ultrasonography, Interventional/methods Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused,

U2 - 10.1007/s11548-015-1233-y

DO - 10.1007/s11548-015-1233-y

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

VL - 10

SP - 1997

EP - 2007

JO - INT J COMPUT ASS RAD

JF - INT J COMPUT ASS RAD

SN - 1861-6410

IS - 12

ER -