Toward dynamic lumbar punctures guidance based on single element synthetic tracked aperture ultrasound imaging

Haichong K. Zhang; Melissa Lin; Younsu Kim; Mateo Paredes; Karun Kannan; Nisu Patel; Abhay Moghekar; Nicholas J. Durr; Emad M. Boctor

doi:10.1117/12.2256040

3 March 2017 Toward dynamic lumbar punctures guidance based on single element synthetic tracked aperture ultrasound imaging

Haichong K. Zhang, Melissa Lin, Younsu Kim, Mateo Paredes, Karun Kannan, Nisu Patel, Abhay Moghekar, Nicholas J. Durr, Emad M. Boctor

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Proceedings Volume 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 101350J (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256040
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Lumbar punctures (LPs) are interventional procedures used to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a bodily fluid needed to diagnose central nervous system disorders. Most lumbar punctures are performed blindly without imaging guidance. Because the target window is small, physicians can only accurately palpate the appropriate space about 30% of the time and perform a successful procedure after an average of three attempts. Although various forms of imaging based guidance systems have been developed to aid in this procedure, these systems complicate the procedure by including independent image modalities and requiring image-to-needle registration to guide the needle insertion. Here, we propose a simple and direct needle insertion platform utilizing a single ultrasound element within the needle through dynamic sensing and imaging. The needle-shaped ultrasound transducer can not only sense the distance between the tip and a potential obstacle such as bone, but also visually locate structures by combining transducer location tracking and back projection based tracked synthetic aperture beam-forming algorithm. The concept of the system was validated through simulation first, which revealed the tolerance to realistic error. Then, the initial prototype of the single element transducer was built into a 14G needle, and was mounted on a holster equipped with a rotation tracking encoder. We experimentally evaluated the system using a metal wire phantom mimicking high reflection bone structures and an actual spine bone phantom with both the controlled motion and freehand scanning. An ultrasound image corresponding to the model phantom structure was reconstructed using the beam-forming algorithm, and the resolution was improved compared to without beam-forming. These results demonstrated the proposed system has the potential to be used as an ultrasound imaging system for lumbar puncture procedures.

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Haichong K. Zhang, Melissa Lin, Younsu Kim, Mateo Paredes, Karun Kannan, Nisu Patel, Abhay Moghekar, Nicholas J. Durr, and Emad M. Boctor "Toward dynamic lumbar punctures guidance based on single element synthetic tracked aperture ultrasound imaging", Proc. SPIE 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 101350J (3 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256040

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