Quantification of computational geometric congruence in surface-based registration for spinal intra-operative three-dimensional navigation

Daipayan Guha, Raphael Jakubovic, Michael K Leung, Howard J Ginsberg, Michael G Fehlings, Todd G Mainprize, Albert Yee and Victor X D Yang

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Background Context: Computer-assisted navigation (CAN) may guide spinal instrumentation, and requires alignment of patient anatomy to imaging. Iterative closest-point (ICP) algorithms register anatomical and imaging surface datasets, which may fail in the presence of geometric symmetry (congruence), leading to failed registration or inaccurate navigation. Here we computationally quantify geometric congruence in posterior spinal exposures, and identify predictors of potential navigation inaccuracy. Methods: Midline posterior exposures were performed from C1-S1 in four human cadavers. An optically-based CAN generated surface maps of the posterior elements at each level. Maps were reconstructed to include bilateral hemilamina, or unilateral hemilamina with/without the base of the spinous process. Maps were fitted to symmetrical geometries (cylindrical/spherical/planar) using computational modelling, and the degree of model fit quantified based on the ratio of model inliers to total points. Results: In cadaveric testing, increased cylindrical/spherical/planar symmetry was seen in the high-cervical and subaxial cervical spine relative to the thoracolumbar spine (p

Date: 2019
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