Innovations in Ultrasound Instrumentation for Image Guidance
Fig. 11.1 (a) A 16 × 16 2-D CMUT array flip-chip bonded on the first-generation custom front-end integrated circuit. (b) The synthetic aperture 3-D image of a wire phantom. (c) A 16 × 16…
3D Slicer: A Platform for Subject-Specific Image Analysis, Visualization, and Clinical Support
Fig. 19.1 This figure slows the geographic distribution and cumulative number of partial and full downloads of Slicer 4 in early spring 2012. 3D Slicer has a large number of…
MRI-Compatible C-Arm Imaging for Cardiac Intervention
Fig. 53.1 Three hybrid X-ray/MRI (XMR) system concepts. (a) First-generation XMR system. (b) Truly hybrid XMR system. (c) Closed-bore (CBXMR) system XMR System Requirements Table 53.1 lists the X-ray system…
Image-Guided Brachytherapy
Fig. 26.1 (a) A 125I radioactive implant using sources in suture material is stitched into an absorbable mesh to simplify placement of radioactive sources in the tumor bed after resection…
Image-Guided Robotics in Minimally Invasive Therapies
Fig. 31.1 MRI-compatible robot developed for 0.5-T open-configuration MRI scanner (Figure courtesy of Dr. Kiyoyuki Chinzei, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) Surgical Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided…
Computational Support for Intraoperative Imaging and IGT
Fig. 4.1 The skull is shown by simple thresholding of CT volume (left); prostate segmentation from TRUS vibro-elastography volume (center); and a mandible segmentation from a curved CT cross section…
Real-Time and Interactive MRI
Fig. 13.1 Nine different k-space sampling strategies. (a) Single k-space line per shot with a Cartesian trajectory. (b) Single-shot EPI sampling trajectory. (c) Multi-shot, interleaved EPI trajectory. (d) Single-shot RARE…
Functional Neurosurgery with MR-Guided HIFU
Fig. 45.1 (a) Schematic drawing of patient’s head fixated with a stereotactic frame (yellow) and positioned inside the half spherical ultrasound transducer (gray). Cool degassed water (blue) is circulating around…
MRI-Guided and Controlled Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy of Brain Tumors Using Integrated Navigation and Thermal Mapping
Fig. 42.1 Screen shot of integrated navigation and MRI thermometry software, 3D Slicer, with an ability to perform preoperative image registration to intraoperative MRI (Jolesz FA, Bleier AR, Jakab P,…
Image-Guided Endoscopy
Fig. 29.1 IRGUS system display. The pancreas (yellow) and kidney (orange) are shown in the ultrasound plane (top left) and the reformatted preoperative CT (top right). Bottom. 3D view of…
