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@ARTICLE{Faust:293339,
author = {J. F. Faust and A. J. Krafft and D. Polak and P. Speier and
N. G. R. Behl and N. Ooms and J. Roll and J. Krieger and M.
E. Ladd$^*$ and F. Maier},
title = {{R}apid {CNN}-based needle localization for automatic slice
alignment in {MR}-guided interventions using 3{D}
undersampled radial white-marker imaging.},
journal = {Medical physics},
volume = {51},
number = {11},
issn = {0094-2405},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {AAPM},
reportid = {DKFZ-2024-01887},
pages = {8018-8033},
year = {2024},
note = {2024 Nov;51(11):8018-8033},
abstract = {In MR-guided in-bore percutaneous needle interventions,
typically 2D interactive real-time imaging is used for
navigating the needle into the target. Misaligned 2D imaging
planes can result in losing visibility of the needle in the
2D images, which impedes successful targeting. Necessary
iterative manual slice adjustment can prolong interventional
workflows. Therefore, rapid automatic alignment of the
imaging planes with the needle would be preferable to
improve such workflows.To investigate rapid 3D localization
of needles in MR-guided interventions via a convolutional
neural network (CNN)-based localization algorithm using an
undersampled white-marker contrast acquisition for the
purpose of automatic imaging slice alignment.A radial 3D
rf-spoiled gradient echo MR pulse sequence with white-marker
encoding was implemented and a CNN-based localization
algorithm was employed to extract position and orientation
of an aspiration needle from the undersampled white-marker
images. The CNN was trained using porcine tissue phantoms
(257 needle trajectories, four-fold data augmentation,
$90\%/10\%$ split into training and validation dataset).
Achievable localization times and accuracy were evaluated
retrospectively in an ex vivo study (109 needle
trajectories) for a range of needle orientations between
78° and 90° relative to the B0 field. A proof-of-concept
in vivo experiment was performed in two porcine animal
models and feasibility of automatic imaging slice alignment
was evaluated retrospectively.Ex vivo needle localization
was achieved with a median localization accuracy of 1.9 mm
(distance needle tip to detected needle axis) and a median
angular deviation of 2.6° for needle orientations between
86° and 90° to the B0 field from fully sampled WM images
(resolution of (4 mm)3, 6434 acquired radial k-space spokes,
acquisition time of 80.4 s) in a field-of-view of (256 mm)3.
Localization accuracy decreased with increasing
undersampling and needle trajectory increasingly aligned
with B0. For needle orientations between 86° and 90° to
the B0 field, a highly accelerated acquisition of only 32
k-space spokes (acquisition time of 0.4 s) yielded a median
localization accuracy of 3.1 mm and a median angular
deviation of 4.7°. For needle orientations between 78° and
82° to the B0 field, a median accuracy and angular
deviation of 3.5 mm and 6.8° could still be achieved with
64 sampled spokes (acquisition time of 0.8 s). In vivo, a
localization accuracy of 1.4 mm and angular deviation of
3.4° was achieved sampling 32 k-space spokes (acquisition
time of 0.48 s) with the needle oriented at 87.7° to the B0
field. For a needle oriented at 77.6° to the B0 field,
localization accuracy of 5.3 mm and angular deviation of
6.8° were still achieved sampling 128 k-space spokes
(acquisition time of 1.92 s), allowing for retrospective
slice alignment.The investigated approach enables passive
biopsy needle localization in 3D. Acceleration of the
localization to real-time applicability is feasible for
needle orientations approximately perpendicular to B0. The
method can potentially facilitate MR-guided needle
interventions by enabling automatic imaging slice alignment
with the needle.},
keywords = {device localization (Other) / interventional MRI (Other) /
percutaneous needle intervention (Other)},
cin = {E020},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E020-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39292615},
doi = {10.1002/mp.17376},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/293339},
}