Automatic guide-wire detection for neurointerventions using low-rank sparse matrix decomposition and denoising

Markus Zweng, Pascal Fallavollita, Stefanie Demirci, Markus Kowarschik, Nassir Navab, Diana Mateus

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Abstract

In neuro-interventional surgeries, physicians rely on fluoroscopic video sequences to guide tools through the vascular system to the region of interest. Due to the low signal-to-noise ratio of low-dose images and the presence of many line-like structures in the brain, the guide-wire and other tools are difficult to see. In this work we propose an effective method to detect guide-wires in fluoroscopic videos that aims at enhancing the visualization for better intervention guidance. In contrast to prior work, we do not rely on a specific modeling of the catheter (e.g. shape, intensity, etc.), nor on prior statistical learning. Instead, we base our approach on motion cues by making use of recent advances in low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition, which we then combine with denoising. An evaluation on 651 X-ray images from 5 patient shows that our guide-wire tip detection is precise and within clinical tolerance for guide-wire inter-frame motions as high as 6 mm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAugmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions - 10th International Workshop, AE-CAI 2015 Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015, Proceedings
EditorsZiv Yaniv, Cristian A. Linte, Pascal Fallavollita, Ziv Yaniv
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages114-123
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319246000
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event10th International Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions, AE-CAI 2015 and Held in Conjunction with, MICCAI 2015 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 9 Oct 20159 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9365
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions, AE-CAI 2015 and Held in Conjunction with, MICCAI 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period9/10/159/10/15

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