Registration of bronchoscopic image and CT virtual image with coarse-to-fine strategy

Jiann Der Lee*, Hou Chuan Chen, Shih Hong Li

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Endobronchial navigation system in the transbronchial lung biopsy is an important tool during the operation, including the alignment of bronchoscopic images and preoperative CT image, to help the precise positioning of target lesions. In this study, a new method with coarse-to-fine strategy is proposed to achieve this goal. First of all, with the aid of optical flow method, epipolar geometry analysis between the two consequential images is used to obtain the initial position of the bronchoscopy. Next, in the stage of image similarity comparison, the property of image saturation and brightness is employed to effectively eliminate the reflection caused by the endoscope light source and the bubbles generated by saliva interference. The experimental results also show that the proposed method can provide clinicians the spatial information needed for bronchoscopic follow-up.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation 2018, ICASI 2018
EditorsArtde Donald Kin-Tak Lam, Stephen D. Prior, Teen-Hang Meen
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages155-157
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781538643426
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 06 2018
Event4th IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2018 - Chiba, Japan
Duration: 13 04 201817 04 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation 2018, ICASI 2018

Conference

Conference4th IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityChiba
Period13/04/1817/04/18

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Keywords

  • image registration
  • similarity measure

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