Open AccessA novel fusion imaging system for endoscopic ultrasound
Author(s) -
Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu,
Adrian Săftoiu,
Gabriel Gruionu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/2303-9027.175882
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , fusion , endoscopic ultrasound , radiology , medical physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , linguistics
Navigation of a flexible endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) probe inside the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is problematic due to the small window size and complex anatomy. The goal of the present study was to test the feasibility of a novel fusion imaging (FI) system which uses electromagnetic (EM) sensors to co-register the live EUS images with the pre-procedure computed tomography (CT) data with a novel navigation algorithm and catheter.