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Machine learning for automated and real-time two-dimensional to three-dimensional registration of the spine using a single radiograph

Andrew Abumoussa Departments ofNeurosurgery and

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Vivek Gopalakrishnan Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology and
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Benjamin Succop University of North Carolina School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and

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Michael Galgano Departments ofNeurosurgery and

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Sivakumar Jaikumar Departments ofNeurosurgery and

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Yueh Z. Lee Radiology, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;

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OBJECTIVE

The goal of this work was to methodically evaluate, optimize, and validate a self-supervised machine learning algorithm capable of real-time automatic registration and fluoroscopic localization of the spine using a single radiograph or fluoroscopic frame.

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The authors propose a two-dimensional to three-dimensional (2D-3D) registration algorithm that maximizes an image similarity metric between radiographic images to identify the position of a C-arm relative to a 3D volume. This work utilizes digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs), which are synthetic radiographic images generated by simulating the x-ray projections as they would pass through a CT volume. To evaluate the algorithm, the authors used cone-beam CT data for 127 patients obtained from an open-source de-identified registry of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar scans. They systematically evaluated and tuned the algorithm, then quantified the convergence rate of the model by simulating C-arm registrations with 80 randomly simulated DRRs for each CT volume. The endpoints of this study were time to convergence, accuracy of convergence for each of the C-arm’s degrees of freedom, and overall registration accuracy based on a voxel-by-voxel measurement.

RESULTS

A total of 10,160 unique radiographic images were simulated from 127 CT scans. The algorithm successfully converged to the correct solution 82% of the time with an average of 1.96 seconds of computation. The radiographic images for which the algorithm converged to the solution demonstrated 99.9% registration accuracy despite utilizing only single-precision computation for speed. The algorithm was found to be optimized for convergence when the search space was limited to a ± 45° offset in the right anterior oblique/left anterior oblique, cranial/caudal, and receiver rotation angles with the radiographic isocenter contained within 8000 cm3of the volumetric center of the CT volume.

CONCLUSIONS

The investigated machine learning algorithm has the potential to aid surgeons in level localization, surgical planning, and intraoperative navigation through a completely automated 2D-3D registration process. Future work will focus on algorithmic optimizations to improve the convergence rate and speed profile.

ABBREVIATIONS

2D = two-dimensional ; 3D = three-dimensional ; DoF = degrees of freedom ; DRR = digitally reconstructed radiograph ; LAO = left anterior oblique ; PA = posteroanterior ; RAO = right anterior oblique ; ZNCC = zero-normalized cross-correlation .

OBJECTIVE

The goal of this work was to methodically evaluate, optimize, and validate a self-supervised machine learning algorithm capable of real-time automatic registration and fluoroscopic localization of the spine using a single radiograph or fluoroscopic frame.

开云体育世界杯赔率

The authors propose a two-dimensional to three-dimensional (2D-3D) registration algorithm that maximizes an image similarity metric between radiographic images to identify the position of a C-arm relative to a 3D volume. This work utilizes digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs), which are synthetic radiographic images generated by simulating the x-ray projections as they would pass through a CT volume. To evaluate the algorithm, the authors used cone-beam CT data for 127 patients obtained from an open-source de-identified registry of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar scans. They systematically evaluated and tuned the algorithm, then quantified the convergence rate of the model by simulating C-arm registrations with 80 randomly simulated DRRs for each CT volume. The endpoints of this study were time to convergence, accuracy of convergence for each of the C-arm’s degrees of freedom, and overall registration accuracy based on a voxel-by-voxel measurement.

RESULTS

A total of 10,160 unique radiographic images were simulated from 127 CT scans. The algorithm successfully converged to the correct solution 82% of the time with an average of 1.96 seconds of computation. The radiographic images for which the algorithm converged to the solution demonstrated 99.9% registration accuracy despite utilizing only single-precision computation for speed. The algorithm was found to be optimized for convergence when the search space was limited to a ± 45° offset in the right anterior oblique/left anterior oblique, cranial/caudal, and receiver rotation angles with the radiographic isocenter contained within 8000 cm3of the volumetric center of the CT volume.

CONCLUSIONS

The investigated machine learning algorithm has the potential to aid surgeons in level localization, surgical planning, and intraoperative navigation through a completely automated 2D-3D registration process. Future work will focus on algorithmic optimizations to improve the convergence rate and speed profile.

Operativelevel localization with accurate and precise three-dimensional (3D) registration for surgical navigation is a necessary step for successful and safe navigated surgery of the spine. Specifically, identification of the correct level for intervention is an essential tenet of spine surgery. Unfortunately, errors in identifying operative levels do occur.1,2虽然报告发病率很低(0.09 - -4.5nstances per 10,000 surgeries based on claims data research), nearly 50% of surveyed neurosurgeons have reported performing wrong-level spinal surgery at least once in their career.1,3Incorrect level identification is often attributed to a lack of uniquely identifiable radiographic landmarks (especially the thoracic spine, which carries the highest incidence of these errors), variable transitional anatomy, and the susceptibility of conventional level counting to human error.4,5

Similarly, surgical navigation relies on multiple factors for its accuracy and has also been found to be least accurate in the thoracic spine.6Assessing the accuracy of navigated techniques remains challenging, as radiographic and clinical assessments vary across spinal segments and have variable interrater reliability.7Current navigation systems rely on appropriate registration of bony landmarks and continuous optical tracking of reference arrays attached to the patient.9Minimally invasive navigated thoracic screw placements have a variably reported accuracy in the literature along with a 10% experimental rate of medial breaches when utilizing current technologies according to a recent systematic review and cadaveric study.8

Automatic localization and reregistration via machine learning and computer vision represent potential tools to mitigate these issues.8,9Prior work has evaluated the registration of a two-dimensional (2D) projection image to a 3D volume with the algorithmic goal of estimating the transformations from the 2D geometry to the 3D volume coordinate system.9,10Potential machine learning solutions to address the 2D-3D registration problem are divided into manually trained feature-based approaches, which require expert segmentation for model construction, or signal intensity–based algorithms.9Segmentation models have several drawbacks: susceptibility to parameter tuning errors, overfitting, segmentation errors, and significant data labeling requirements.9,1113Intensity-based approaches function by aligning signal intensities between 2D and 3D modalities.1417

Our work evaluates the properties of the unconstrained, uncalibrated, self-supervised 2D-3D alignment problem with machine learning via an intensity-based approach. The potential to alleviate the need for supplemental camera visualization and human verification during surgery, while enabling instant reregistrations, would improve operative efficiency and accuracy.

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Patient Population and Radiographic Database

Data used for this analysis were the pooled collection of unique studies from the public VerSe 2019: Large Scale Vertebrae Segmentation Challenge repository.1820This data set includes spinal imaging from subjects older than 18 years of age and contains CT images of the spine showing at least 7 full vertebrae. These CT scans have a minimal spatial resolution of 1.5 mm in the craniocaudal direction and 1 mm in the anteroposterior direction. Notably, this data set excludes traumatic fractures and bony metastases but includes osseous changes such as Schmorl nodes, hemangiomas, degenerative changes, and foreign material from prior treatments (e.g., kyphoplasty spondylodesis). Our final data set included CT scans from 127 patients with 150 anatomical variants (e.g., thoracolumbar or lumbosacral transition vertebra, cervical or lumbar ribs, hemivertebra, etc.).Table 1provides the anatomical distribution and volumetric properties of these scans. No clinical or demographic information was analyzed. No examinations were excluded.

TABLE 1.

Summary of study statistics analyzed from the VerSe 2019 data set

Variable Value
Total FOV*
 Cervical 8
 Thoracic 49
 Lumbar 102
CT dimensions (cm)
 x 26.0 ± 11.2
 y 32.6 ± 12.5
 z 46.4 ± 18.6

FOV = field of view.

Total FOV indicates the number of studies in which the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebra were contained within the image volume’s FOV.

Values are expressed as average ± standard deviation.

In accordance with the institutional review board guidelines for the University of North Carolina Hospitals, a waiver of consent was utilized since this is a public and anonymized data set.

Experimental Design

Our experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that any fluoroscopic image (referred to as the "initial pose"), regardless of orientation, could be registered to its associated CT scan by identifying the values of the 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) of a C-arm required to reproduce a target image. Specifically, we defined the 6DoF for a virtual C-arm as follows:θ, as the degrees in the right anterior oblique/left anterior oblique (RAO/LAO) plane;φ, as the degrees in the cranial/caudal plane;γ, as rotation of the receiver; andx, y,andzCartesian planes, as a measure of the distance between the virtual C-arm’s isocenter and the volumetric center of the CT volume (Fig. 1)。These values would be converted to a vector,p= (θ, φ, γ,x,y,z), that parameterizes the pose of the virtual C-arm relative to the CT volume, resulting in a unique fluoroscopic projection obtained with a C-arm in that exact orientation.

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.

The parameter diagram shows the 6DoF that we aim to retrieve with our work. Thelarge black dotin the middle is the radiographic center of the imaged volume. We aim to compute the displacements in thex, y, andzplanes between the volumetric center and the fluoroscopic isocenter (cm) and cranial/caudal (φ), RAO/LAO (θ), and receiver’s rotational (γ) angles.

To test our hypothesis, we used the VerSe 2019 CT databases and a digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) generator to simulate fluoroscopic C-arm captures at random positions. Many algorithms exist to generate a DRR from CT volumes.16,2126For this work, we used DiffDRR, a DRR generator written in PyTorch, to leverage the auto-differentiable optimization schemes common in machine learning frameworks.16

We began this work by evaluating the properties and limitations of the negative zero-normalized cross-correlation (ZNCC) as a proposed loss function.27,28In signal processing, the cross-correlation is a measure of similarity between two signals. We methodically quantified the image similarity of two DRRs, one of which was the stationary target and the other a moving DRR for which we systematically changed each of the 6DoF parameters to create an updated image. This experiment was designed to demonstrate the convexity of the loss function and its range and rates of convergence for the arbitrarily chosen orthogonal posteroanterior (PA) and lateral projections. The ultimate outcome was a formal evaluation of the negative ZNCC function to identify patterns and relationships between local and global minimums to mathematically describe the limitations of this function as a loss function with respect to convergences to the correct solution.

Hyperparameter Tuning

Hyperparameter tuning was performed to identify the appropriate learning rates and parameters for the optimization method in our algorithm. To use gradient descent to minimize the negative ZNCC loss function, we propose two separate learning rates. The first learning rate is for the translation components: the distances (in cm) for thex,y, andzdimensions between the C-arm’s isocenter and the center of the CT volume. The second learning rate is for the angular rotational components of the C-arm (θ, φ, γ)。A grid search was used to identify the optimal learning rates initially, and then using those optimal learning rates, another grid search was repeated for the momentum and dampening components for the gradient descent component of the machine learning algorithm. The grid searches were performed over a training set consisting of 5 randomly selected CT scans. Each iteration of the grid search utilized 5 randomly generated DRRs in the PA and lateral views from the training set for evaluation of the specific metric being tuned.

Convergence Rate

的hyperparameters算法定义,we evaluated the convergence rate for the largest CT scan by volume not in the training set. Specifically, we explored the likelihood of convergence, as well as the speed of convergence, using a single study and 500 simulated projections in both the PA and lateral planes each, for a total of 1000 experiments. The largest CT scan in our data set that captured the complete cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine was used. The CT volume was split into a collection of 20 × 20 × 20–cm3subvolumes, and these were used as the seeds for the simulated registrations. If the algorithm was able to determine the 6 displacement parameters with a negative ZNCC less than or equal to −0.999 for a random radiographic projection, it was considered registered. Registration of a particular image was considered a failure if the moving DRR did not converge in 250 iterations. We limited the random displacements to the range of ± 45° for theθ, φ, andγparameters and ± 20 cm for thex, y, andzparameters based on our analysis of the negative ZNCC image similarity metric.

Final Experiment

Each of the 127 scans were then read into our system as a Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (NIfTI) data set and aligned in the appropriate anatomical PA and lateral orientations. Forty random fluoroscopic images were generated by altering the 6DoF for both the PA and lateral projections (80 total fluoroscopic shots for each 3D volume), and we evaluated the performance of our 2D-3D machine learning registration algorithm.

Performance Analysis

The performance of our algorithm is reported when utilizing a CUDA-accelerated DRR generator (NVIDIA Corp.). Graphics processing unit (GPU) benchmarks were run on an NVIDIA Titan RTX connected via Thunderbolt 3 as an eGPU to a 2020 Apple MacBook Pro equipped with a 2.3-GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 32 GB of low-power double date rate (LPDDR4x) random access memory (RAM).

Results

Synthesized DRRs were generated using Siddon’s ray-tracing algorithm;29we visualized each CT scan in the sagittal, coronal, and axial planes with the associated ground truth DRRs in both the PA and lateral views (Fig. 2)。我们选择使用typ模拟合成DRRsical 30 × 30–cm receiver with a pixel spacing of 1.5 mm, resulting in a 200 × 200–pixel receiver image. Simulated DRR resolutions can be increased to improve anatomical detail or decreased to minimize computational times as needed.

FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.

DRR synthesis. We demonstrate the fields of view for 3 imported CT scans (rowsA–C) in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes (columnsD, E,andF, respectively). ColumnsGandHare digitally reconstructed radiographs in the classic PA and lateral projections for the cervical, thoracolumbar, and lumbar spine at 200 × 200–pixel resolution simulating a 30 × 30–cm receiver with a 1.5-mm pixel spacing.

With a system in place capable of taking a CT scan and generating DRRs, we explored the problem of solving for the 6DoF registration parameters. Namely, given a DRRinitialdefined by the functionηinitial(CT,θ, φ, γ,x,y,z) and the initial pose atp= (θ, φ, γ,x,y,z), we wanted to identify the exact displacement parameter set ∂ = (∂θ, ∂φ, ∂γ, ∂x, ∂y, ∂z) that transforms DRRinitialto the ground truth such that DRRtarget=ηtarget(CT,θ +θ,φ+∂φ,γ+∂γ,x+∂x,y+∂y,z+∂z)。Our algorithm returns the displacement set (∂θ, ∂φ, ∂γ, ∂x, ∂y, ∂z) via gradient descent. One convergence sequence (p+ ∂iteration) is shown inFig. 3.

FIG. 3.
FIG. 3.

Auto-differentiable pose estimation.A:The algorithm iteratively aligns a random initial pose (DRRmoving) to a target PA (DRRtarget) view. Using gradient descent along the negative ZNCC loss function, we identify the exact displacement required of a C-arm to reproduce the target image.B:Radiographs at selected iterations as the algorithm solves the registration problem. Numbers represent algorithmic iterations.

Our evaluation of the negative ZNCC surface map was done by conducting a comprehensive simulation study. A CT scan was chosen at random, and we generated both PA and lateral projections. We methodically displaced the virtual C-arm across an unconstrained field of view (180° in both theθ: RAO/LAO and theφ: cranial/caudal angles) and ± 40 cm in any direction from the volume center. We noted that negative ZNCC is locally convex when near the correct solution (Fig. 4)。这证实- ZNCC is an appropriate loss function to be optimized by gradient descent when aligning a pair of DRRs. We also noted that there is a range around the global minimum where negative ZNCC can incorrectly converge to local minima, namely when the radial displacement is > 45° along theθorφangles or distances > 20 cm along any of thex,y, orzplanes. This observation provided the 6DoF parameter perturbation bounds for our future experiments (Fig. 5)。

FIG. 4.
FIG. 4.

Methodical evaluation of negative ZNCC surface map. This figure shows the shape of the negative ZNCC curves with respect to changes along each set of parameters.A:In the unconstrained global search, we note local divergence from the optimal solutions when sufficiently large displacements between the target and moving DRRs have occurred.B:The local negative ZNCC surface maps all demonstrate a convex convergence to a single true solution, indicating that it is an appropriate loss function to optimize. Contour maps on the floor of each chart demonstrate minimum differences inblueand maximum differences inred. Our algorithm traverses these maps to align each pair of images.

FIG. 5.
FIG. 5.

Random displacements from ground truth. Ground truth PA and lateral (LAT) projections (A)。Each subsequent column (B–E) is a generated DRR based off the corresponding fluoroscopic image in column A, but with random displacements applied to each of the 6DoF of the virtual C-arm.

Hyperparameter tuning was performed using a grid search (Fig. 6)。We varied the learning rates for the translation and rotation parameters independently, as they utilize different units of measurements and scales. Our grid search was performed over the range of 10−5to 105. Measuring the rates and speeds of convergences, we found that the optimal hyperparameters for our algorithm were learning rates of 4.5 × 10−2for the rotational parameters and 7.5 × 101for the translational parameters. Gradient descent with a momentum was utilized to avoid an arrest at a local minimum with the optimal momentum of 0.60 and dampening of 0.45 identified through a grid search. We found these parameters to be the same for PA and lateral registrations resulting in the greatest percentage of studies converging with the least number of iterations needed (Fig. 7)。网格搜索都使用的一个子集5 CT scans from the original data set. Each combination of parameters was tested with 50 randomly generated DRRs from these 5 CT scans (10 DRRs per CT scan).

FIG. 6.
FIG. 6.

Hyperparameter tuning via grid search. Results from hyperparameter tuning are presented for learning rates (LR) for both the translation and rotation components.A:The grid search was initially performed over the range of 10−5to 105.B:A second, focused grid search was then performed over theoutlined portionin A with the lowest average negative ZNCC over the ranges of 10−2to 100for the rotational component and 10−1to 103for the translational components.

FIG. 7.
FIG. 7.

Single study loss curves. The loss curve for each experimental alignment (A) and the speed of convergence for our algorithm (B)。Our experiments suggest that our algorithm converges 82% of the time in an average of 2 seconds for both the PA and lateral projections when analyzing the largest volumetric CT scan in our data set that captured the entire cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

2D-3D registration using a single fluoroscopic image was tested using the largest CT scan in the data set that captured the complete cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. We generated 500 PA and 500 lateral projections and measured the convergence statistics for 1000 simulations for this CT volume.Figure 3andVideo 1demonstrate a single experimental sequence for a successful convergence in which we align a random initial pose to a target view by computing the 6DoF necessary to transform the initial pose to the target view.

VIDEO 1.Clip showing an animated graphics interchange format (GIF) providing visualization of a random convergence run. The stationary target projection represents the surgeon’s desired fluoroscopic projection. The animated frame starts with a random orientation of the virtual C-arm. Our algorithmic alignment then updates each frame with the calculated projection as it identifies the 6DoF transformations necessary to align the virtual C-arm to the target projection. © Andrew Abumoussa, published with permission. Clickhereto view.

A set of example random displacements are shown inFig. 5for the PA and lateral views. We found that our algorithm converged for both PA and lateral projections with a success rate of 83% and 81%, respectively, in an average of 2.09 ± 0.88 seconds requiring an average 33 ± 23 iterations for this single CT volume (Fig. 7)。When we performed the pooled evaluation, we generated 80 fluoroscopic views (40 lateral and 40 PA views) for each CT scan. A total of 10,160 fluoroscopic projections from the 127 CT scans were simulated with similar results: average time to convergence was 1.96 ± 1.54 seconds requiring on average 51 ± 41 iterations over the data set.

Discussion

There are limitations to current surgical technologies that utilize 2D-3D image registration for planning and navigation purposes: these systems rely on surgeon setup and confirmation and require unobstructed lines of sight to tracked hardware, intraoperative CT scans increase operative times, and inaccuracies accumulate as distance increases from a system’s reference array.30322D-3D registration via machine learning has the potential to address these pitfalls, especially if encapsulated in a completely automated, self-supervised, real-time algorithm.

Operative efficiency is critical to spine surgery, as a decreased operative time has been shown to directly reduce the surgical site infection risk.33,34For most 3D image-based navigation systems, the displacement of a reference array relative to the patient following registration necessitates a repeat CT scan. This extends procedural and operative times while also introducing additional radiation exposure.31Both the incidence of and operative-time penalty for these technical errors are not well described in the literature. One study comparing a computer vision–based reregistration to traditional CT registration has reported a 7% incidence of reregistration for CT-based navigation.35A comparison of fluoroscopic guidance with CT guidance has suggested that the average operative time increases by 30 minutes for CT-based navigation, which is concordant with our institution’s experience.36

Prior works have described constrained, calibrated, or supervised models that are unable to address the unconstrained, uncalibrated, unsupervised search.917,37,38Otake et al. presented a constrained, calibrated, and unsupervised signal intensity–based 2D-3D registration system able to solve the alignment problem when the 6DoF only varied by 50 mm in thexplane, 150 mm in theyplane, and 100 mm in thezplane, with only 10° angular variability for a C-arm following calibration.37uncalibra Varnavas等人提出了一个限制ted, supervised algorithm that requires manual identification of vertebral bodies by a user preoperatively before being able to perform the registration task.10In addition, this algorithm had limited accuracy, as it could only register intraoperative fluoroscopy images to the discrete set of preoperatively segmented levels. In contrast, our work methodically evaluates a machine learning algorithm’s ability to perform a completely automated 2D-3D alignment in an unconstrained global search.

To avoid overfitting, we systematically tuned the machine learning algorithm with two separate learning rates as described in开云体育世界杯赔率. We found that there was a broad range of learning rates that provided maximum likelihoods of convergences (Fig. 7)。We tuned the hyperparameters for the gradient descent algorithm to accelerate the convergence via a similar grid search. While tuning these parameters, we noted the same performance for the arbitrarily chosen PA and lateral projections during validation, meaning that this work can easily be extended to converge to any projection of a surgeon’s choosing. Future work will explore other methods of tuning these parameters to guarantee the best possible performance.39

我们为c有条不紊地评估表面地图hosen loss function, ZNCC, as this function only returns 1.0 if a moving DRR is identical to the stationary DRR. By defining convergence to be 99.9% accuracy, our algorithm could only accept a solution if the alignment metrics for each parameter were > 99.9% correct. We noted that this condition on the ZNCC for our machine learning algorithm resulted in divergence from the correct solution when the search space was too large. We found that the optimal search space for our intensity-based loss function was ± 45° for theθ, φ,andγparameters and ± 20 cm for thex, y, andzparameters. A global unconstrained search could be performed using multiple parallel executions through the entire volume. In other words, a 20 × 40 × 40–cm3CT volume could be searched with 4 parallel processes that exhaust the volumetric space as they independently search their respective 20 × 20 × 20–cm3fields of view. These limitations are believed to be appropriate given the surface map of the loss function’s shape and are inherent to the machine learning algorithm. Other loss functions exist (root mean squared error, peak signal-to-noise ratio, structural similarity index measure) when comparing image similarity between DRRs, which we intend to evaluate in planned future cadaveric work.10,17

Our reported convergence rate was 82% during our simulated experiments of 10,160 x-rays using 127 different CT scans. It is important to note that the convergence rate is not the success rate of the algorithm; instead, it states that starting with any randomly oriented radiographic pose capturing any portion of a CT volume, our algorithm can traverse the similarity gradient to obtain the correct alignment without any algorithmic optimizations. This seems appropriate for this problem, as a global search increases computational complexity and memory requirements significantly, whereas other models that use convolutional neural networks that utilize feature-based registrations or preconstrained searches have limited generalizability to align new CT scans.40

Limitations and Future Directions

This work assessed the feasibility of machine learning to automatically perform 2D-3D registration in a reliable, automated, self-supervised fashion. This framework could empower surgeons with improved safety profiles and operative efficiency, although there are limitations that must be addressed before adoption into the surgical armamentarium.

We note the concern over the times required for convergence cited in prior work.37,38,41We do not believe that a 2-second convergence presents a significant limitation within typical surgical workflows. The fastest commercial system requires 20 seconds for reregistrations.42,43Furthermore, information from prior alignments can seed the search for subsequent fluoroscopic captures. Our algorithm can generate one full-resolution digital radiographic projection and perform a gradient descent iteration in 27 msec on a single modern consumer graphics card. Multiple optimizations will be implemented in future work for live fluoroscopy registration at 15 fps, such as tiered resolution searches and sparse sampling of the DRR rendering to reduce the computational times.

此外,这项工作代表一个模拟x射线检验ographic experiment utilizing one machine learning algorithm. This work is not a comprehensive evaluation of all possible loss functions, nor is it a systematic comparison of other possible machine learning solutions. It is important to understand the reliance of the DRR generator used to create the fluoroscopic projections, as that is the input being used for the image similarity metric. Because we are ultimately comparing the image similarity of two synthetic radiographs, future work is aimed at validating the accuracy of this technique when comparing a DRR to an actual fluoroscopic image. Image artifact and radiographic scatter introduced by operating tables and surgical instruments are also anticipated to further degrade the image similarity, and their collective effects on the machine learning algorithm must be explored. To address and evaluate these limitations, a cadaveric study is planned to explore the computational similarity in an in vitro model.

Finally, all patients were supine during these CT acquisitions. This algorithm is performing a rigid alignment and has not been generalized to process deformable registrations capable of accounting for changes in anatomical alignment that may occur with unstable fractures or certain surgical maneuvers. Although the limitations of a rigid registration can be mitigated by utilizing an intraoperative scan following positioning, our goal with future work is to incorporate deformable registration techniques into a generalized form of this algorithm.

With these results, we hope to lay the foundation for solutions that empower surgeons with efficient, continuous surgical registrations via simple fluoroscopy. Machine learning can potentially impact multiple aspects of spine surgery whether by providing surgeons with intuitive overlays to assist with localization, using our alignment algorithm to provide any desired radiographic projection needed, or potentially mechanically aligning operative C-arms to obtain desired views. Instant reregistration with each fluoroscopic acquisition could address the accumulating errors in traditional CT-based navigation. The accuracy, speed, and automated convergence make this a powerful tool for spine surgeons.

Conclusions

Our model effectively provides an instant and automated solution for 2D-3D image registration utilizing DRRs and associated CT volumes with high convergence (82%) and accuracy (99.9%). This technique can improve both the safety and efficiency profile for spine surgery by potentially providing surgeons with instant alignment and continuous registration for surgical procedures. Further work is needed to incorporate deformable registration to account for the anatomical shifts that occur with patient positioning or surgical maneuvers.

Acknowledgments

This work was made possible by the CNS Data Science Fellowship (A.A.). Special thanks to V.G. for his initial work in this space and ongoing mentorship from an artificial intelligence perspective.

Disclosures

Dr. Lee reports royalties from Xinvisio LLC outside the submitted work. Dr. Bhowmick reports personal fees from Medtronic PLC and SpineWave LLC, outside the submitted work.

Author Contributions

Conception and design: Abumoussa, Gopalakrishnan, Jaikumar, Lee. Acquisition of data: Abumoussa, Jaikumar. Analysis and interpretation of data: Abumoussa, Gopalakrishnan, Succop, Jaikumar, Lee, Bhowmick. Drafting the article: Abumoussa, Succop, Jaikumar. Critically revising the article: Abumoussa, Gopalakrishnan, Succop, Jaikumar, Lee, Bhowmick. Reviewed submitted version of manuscript: Abumoussa, Gopalakrishnan, Succop, Galgano, Bhowmick. Approved the final version of the manuscript on behalf of all authors: Abumoussa. Statistical analysis: Abumoussa, Gopalakrishnan. Administrative/technical/material support: Abumoussa, Lee. Study supervision: Abumoussa, Galgano, Lee, Bhowmick.

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    VarnavasA,CarrellT,PenneyG.Fully automated 2D-3D registration and verification.Med Image Anal.2015;26(1):108119.

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    GuéziecA,KazanzidesP,WilliamsonB,TaylorRH.Anatomy-based registration of CT-scan and intraoperative X-ray images for guiding a surgical robot.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.1998;17(5):715728.

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    CaoX,FanJ,DongP,AhmadS,YapPT,ShenD.Image registration using machine and deep learning. Handbook of medical image computing and computer assisted intervention. In:ZhouSK,RueckertD,FichtingerG, eds.Handbook of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.Elsevier;2020:319342.

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    UnberathM,GaoC,HuY,et al.The impact of machine learning on 2D/3D registration for image-guided interventions: a systematic review and perspective.Front Robot AI.2021;8:716007.

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  • 14

    JohnsonHJ,ChristensenGE.Consistent landmark and intensity-based image registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2002;21(5):450461.

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  • 15

    KleinS,StaringM,MurphyK,ViergeverMA,PluimJP.elastix: a toolbox for intensity-based medical image registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2010;29(1):196205.

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    GopalakrishnanV,GollandP.Fast auto-differentiable digitally reconstructed radiographs for solving inverse problems in intraoperative imaging. In:ChenY,LinguraruMG,ShekharR,et al., eds.Clinical Image-Based Procedures.Springer;2023:111.

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    MunbodhR,JaffrayDA,MoseleyDJ,et al.Automated 2D-3D registration of a radiograph and a cone beam CT using line-segment enhancement.Med Phys.2006;33(5):13981411.

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    LieblH,SchinzD,SekuboyinaA,et al.A computed tomography vertebral segmentation dataset with anatomical variations and multi-vendor scanner data.Sci Data.2021;8(1):284.

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    LöfflerMT,SekuboyinaA,JacobA,et al.A vertebral segmentation dataset with fracture grading.Radiol Artif Intell.2020;2(4):e190138.

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    SekuboyinaA,HusseiniME,BayatA,et al.VerSe: a vertebrae labelling and segmentation benchmark for multi-detector CT images.Med Image Anal.2021;73:102166.

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    LiX,YangJ,ZhuY.Digitally reconstructed radiograph generation by an adaptive Monte Carlo method.Phys Med Biol.2006;51(11):27452752.

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    RuijtersD,ter Haar RomenyBM,SuetensP.GPU-accelerated digitally reconstructed radiographs. In:HierlemannA, ed.BioMED 2008. Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering.ACTA Press;2008:431435.

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    GalvinJM,SimsC,DominiakG,CooperJS.The use of digitally reconstructed radiographs for three-dimensional treatment planning and CT-simulation.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.1995;31(4):935942.

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    MooreCS,LineyGP,BeavisAW,SaundersonJR.A method to produce and validate a digitally reconstructed radiograph-based computer simulation for optimisation of chest radiographs acquired with a computed radiography imaging system.Br J Radiol.2011;84(1006):890902.

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    ChaneyEL,ThornJS,TractonG,CullipT,RosenmanJG,TepperJE.A portable software tool for computing digitally reconstructed radiographs.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.1995;32(2):491497.

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    DhontJ,VerellenD,MollaertI,VanreuselV,VandemeulebrouckeJ.RealDRR - Rendering of realistic digitally reconstructed radiographs using locally trained image-to-image translation.Radiother Oncol.2020;153:213219.

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    WangX,WangX,HanL.A novel parallel architecture for template matching based on zero-mean normalized cross-correlation.IEEE Access.2019;7:186626186636.

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    BriechleK,HanebeckUD.Template matching using fast normalized cross correlation. In:CasasentDP,ChaoTH, eds.SPIE Proceedings Volume 4387. Optical Pattern Recognition XII.SPIE;2001:95102.

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    SiddonRL.Fast calculation of the exact radiological path for a three-dimensional CT array.Med Phys.1985;12(2):252255.

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    HollandMT,MansfieldK,MitchellA,BurchielKJ.Hidden error in optical stereotactic navigation systems and strategy to maximize accuracy.Stereotact Funct Neurosurg.2021;99(5):369376.

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    MaoJZ,AgyeiJO,KhanA,et al.Technologic evolution of navigation and robotics in spine surgery: a historical perspective.World Neurosurg.2021;145:159167.

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    SoteriouE,GrauvogelJ,LaszigR,GrauvogelTD.Prospects and limitations of different registration modalities in electromagnetic ENT navigation.Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol.2016;273(11):39793986.

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    NasserR,KostyJA,ShahS,WangJ,ChengJ.Risk factors and prevention of surgical site infections following spinal procedures.Global Spine J.2018;8(4)(suppl):44S48S.

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    RadcliffKE,NeusnerAD,MillhousePW,et al.What is new in the diagnosis and prevention of spine surgical site infections.Spine J.2015;15(2):336347.

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    MalhamGM,MundayNR.Comparison of novel machine vision spinal image guidance system with existing 3D fluoroscopy-based navigation system: a randomized prospective study.Spine J.2022;22(4):561569.

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    LingJM,DineshSK,PangBC,et al.Routine spinal navigation for thoraco-lumbar pedicle screw insertion using the O-arm three-dimensional imaging system improves placement accuracy.J Clin Neurosci.2014;21(3):493498.

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    OtakeY,SchaferS,StaymanJW,et al.Automatic localization of vertebral levels in x-ray fluoroscopy using 3D-2D registration: a tool to reduce wrong-site surgery.Phys Med Biol.2012;57(17):54855508.

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    ShunMiao,WangZJ,RuiLiao.A CNN regression approach for real-time 2D/3D registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2016;35(5):13521363.

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    LiashchynskyiP,LiashchynskyiP.Grid search, random search, genetic algorithm: a big comparison for NAS.arXiv. Preprint published online December 12,2019. doi:10.48550/arXiv.1912.06059

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    BottouL.Large-Scale Machine Learning With Stochastic Gradient Descent.Springer;2010:177186.

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    UneriA,OtakeY,WangAS,et al.3D-2D registration for surgical guidance: effect of projection view angles on registration accuracy.Phys Med Biol.2014;59(2):271287.

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    VoCD,JiangB,AzadTD,CrawfordNR,BydonA,TheodoreN.Robotic spine surgery: current state in minimally invasive surgery.Global Spine J.2020;10(2)(suppl):34S40S.

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    BrecevichAT,DoweC,LeblDR,SamaAA,AbjornsonC,CammisaFP.121. Machine-vision image guided surgery (MvIGS): an intraoperative and radiation-free spine navigation system workflow analysis.Spine J.2019;19(9):S59.

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Illustration portraying neurosurgeon’s hands performing microanastomosis under an operating microscope, with continuous tracking of 21 hand landmarks by a supervising machine learning algorithm. Against a backdrop of darkness, an auspicious light radiates at the center, symbolizing the unknown potential that artificial intelligence holds for the future of neurosurgery. Artist: Aaron Cole, MS. Used with permission from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. See the article by Gonzalez-Romo et al. (E2).

  • The parameter diagram shows the 6DoF that we aim to retrieve with our work. The large black dot<\/em> in the middle is the radiographic center of the imaged volume. We aim to compute the displacements in the x, y<\/em>, and z<\/em> planes between the volumetric center and the fluoroscopic isocenter (cm) and cranial/caudal (φ<\/em>), RAO/LAO (θ<\/em>), and receiver\u2019s rotational (γ<\/em>) angles.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    The parameter diagram shows the 6DoF that we aim to retrieve with our work. Thelarge black dotin the middle is the radiographic center of the imaged volume. We aim to compute the displacements in thex, y, andzplanes between the volumetric center and the fluoroscopic isocenter (cm) and cranial/caudal (φ), RAO/LAO (θ), and receiver’s rotational (γ) angles.

  • DRR synthesis. We demonstrate the fields of view for 3 imported CT scans (rows A\u2013C<\/strong>) in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes (columns D, E,<\/strong> and F<\/strong>, respectively). Columns G<\/strong> and H<\/strong> are digitally reconstructed radiographs in the classic PA and lateral projections for the cervical, thoracolumbar, and lumbar spine at 200 × 200\u2013pixel resolution simulating a 30 × 30\u2013cm receiver with a 1.5-mm pixel spacing.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    DRR synthesis. We demonstrate the fields of view for 3 imported CT scans (rowsA–C) in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes (columnsD, E,andF, respectively). ColumnsGandHare digitally reconstructed radiographs in the classic PA and lateral projections for the cervical, thoracolumbar, and lumbar spine at 200 × 200–pixel resolution simulating a 30 × 30–cm receiver with a 1.5-mm pixel spacing.

  • Auto-differentiable pose estimation. A:<\/strong> The algorithm iteratively aligns a random initial pose (DRRmoving<\/sub>) to a target PA (DRRtarget<\/sub>) view. Using gradient descent along the negative ZNCC loss function, we identify the exact displacement required of a C-arm to reproduce the target image. B:<\/strong> Radiographs at selected iterations as the algorithm solves the registration problem. Numbers represent algorithmic iterations.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    Auto-differentiable pose estimation.A:The algorithm iteratively aligns a random initial pose (DRRmoving) to a target PA (DRRtarget) view. Using gradient descent along the negative ZNCC loss function, we identify the exact displacement required of a C-arm to reproduce the target image.B:Radiographs at selected iterations as the algorithm solves the registration problem. Numbers represent algorithmic iterations.

  • Methodical evaluation of negative ZNCC surface map. This figure shows the shape of the negative ZNCC curves with respect to changes along each set of parameters. A:<\/strong> In the unconstrained global search, we note local divergence from the optimal solutions when sufficiently large displacements between the target and moving DRRs have occurred. B:<\/strong> The local negative ZNCC surface maps all demonstrate a convex convergence to a single true solution, indicating that it is an appropriate loss function to optimize. Contour maps on the floor of each chart demonstrate minimum differences in blue<\/em> and maximum differences in red<\/em>. Our algorithm traverses these maps to align each pair of images.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    Methodical evaluation of negative ZNCC surface map. This figure shows the shape of the negative ZNCC curves with respect to changes along each set of parameters.A:In the unconstrained global search, we note local divergence from the optimal solutions when sufficiently large displacements between the target and moving DRRs have occurred.B:The local negative ZNCC surface maps all demonstrate a convex convergence to a single true solution, indicating that it is an appropriate loss function to optimize. Contour maps on the floor of each chart demonstrate minimum differences inblueand maximum differences inred. Our algorithm traverses these maps to align each pair of images.

  • Random displacements from ground truth. Ground truth PA and lateral (LAT) projections (A<\/strong>). Each subsequent column (B\u2013E<\/strong>) is a generated DRR based off the corresponding fluoroscopic image in column A, but with random displacements applied to each of the 6DoF of the virtual C-arm.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    Random displacements from ground truth. Ground truth PA and lateral (LAT) projections (A)。Each subsequent column (B–E) is a generated DRR based off the corresponding fluoroscopic image in column A, but with random displacements applied to each of the 6DoF of the virtual C-arm.

  • Hyperparameter tuning via grid search. Results from hyperparameter tuning are presented for learning rates (LR) for both the translation and rotation components. A:<\/strong> The grid search was initially performed over the range of 10−5<\/sup> to 105<\/sup>. B:<\/strong> A second, focused grid search was then performed over the outlined portion<\/em> in A with the lowest average negative ZNCC over the ranges of 10−2<\/sup> to 100<\/sup> for the rotational component and 10−1<\/sup> to 103<\/sup> for the translational components.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    Hyperparameter tuning via grid search. Results from hyperparameter tuning are presented for learning rates (LR) for both the translation and rotation components.A:The grid search was initially performed over the range of 10−5to 105.B:A second, focused grid search was then performed over theoutlined portionin A with the lowest average negative ZNCC over the ranges of 10−2to 100for the rotational component and 10−1to 103for the translational components.

  • Single study loss curves. The loss curve for each experimental alignment (A<\/strong>) and the speed of convergence for our algorithm (B<\/strong>). Our experiments suggest that our algorithm converges 82% of the time in an average of 2 seconds for both the PA and lateral projections when analyzing the largest volumetric CT scan in our data set that captured the entire cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.<\/p><\/caption>"}]}" aria-selected="false" role="option" data-menu-item="list-id-e745bb94-1329-4902-afad-1e5c7d8c8ca7" class="ListItem ListItem--disableGutters ListItem--divider">

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    Single study loss curves. The loss curve for each experimental alignment (A) and the speed of convergence for our algorithm (B)。Our experiments suggest that our algorithm converges 82% of the time in an average of 2 seconds for both the PA and lateral projections when analyzing the largest volumetric CT scan in our data set that captured the entire cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

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    MarkeljP,TomaževičD,LikarB,PernušF.A review of 3D/2D registration methods for image-guided interventions.Med Image Anal.2012;16(3):642661.

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    VarnavasA,CarrellT,PenneyG.Fully automated 2D-3D registration and verification.Med Image Anal.2015;26(1):108119.

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    GuéziecA,KazanzidesP,WilliamsonB,TaylorRH.Anatomy-based registration of CT-scan and intraoperative X-ray images for guiding a surgical robot.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.1998;17(5):715728.

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    • Export Citation
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    CaoX,FanJ,DongP,AhmadS,YapPT,ShenD.Image registration using machine and deep learning. Handbook of medical image computing and computer assisted intervention. In:ZhouSK,RueckertD,FichtingerG, eds.Handbook of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.Elsevier;2020:319342.

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    UnberathM,GaoC,HuY,et al.The impact of machine learning on 2D/3D registration for image-guided interventions: a systematic review and perspective.Front Robot AI.2021;8:716007.

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  • 14

    JohnsonHJ,ChristensenGE.Consistent landmark and intensity-based image registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2002;21(5):450461.

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    • Export Citation
  • 15

    KleinS,StaringM,MurphyK,ViergeverMA,PluimJP.elastix: a toolbox for intensity-based medical image registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2010;29(1):196205.

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    • Export Citation
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    GopalakrishnanV,GollandP.Fast auto-differentiable digitally reconstructed radiographs for solving inverse problems in intraoperative imaging. In:ChenY,LinguraruMG,ShekharR,et al., eds.Clinical Image-Based Procedures.Springer;2023:111.

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    MunbodhR,JaffrayDA,MoseleyDJ,et al.Automated 2D-3D registration of a radiograph and a cone beam CT using line-segment enhancement.Med Phys.2006;33(5):13981411.

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    • Export Citation
  • 18

    LieblH,SchinzD,SekuboyinaA,et al.A computed tomography vertebral segmentation dataset with anatomical variations and multi-vendor scanner data.Sci Data.2021;8(1):284.

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  • 19

    LöfflerMT,SekuboyinaA,JacobA,et al.A vertebral segmentation dataset with fracture grading.Radiol Artif Intell.2020;2(4):e190138.

  • 20

    SekuboyinaA,HusseiniME,BayatA,et al.VerSe: a vertebrae labelling and segmentation benchmark for multi-detector CT images.Med Image Anal.2021;73:102166.

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  • 21

    LiX,YangJ,ZhuY.Digitally reconstructed radiograph generation by an adaptive Monte Carlo method.Phys Med Biol.2006;51(11):27452752.

    • PubMed
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    • Export Citation
  • 22

    RuijtersD,ter Haar RomenyBM,SuetensP.GPU-accelerated digitally reconstructed radiographs. In:HierlemannA, ed.BioMED 2008. Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering.ACTA Press;2008:431435.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 23

    GalvinJM,SimsC,DominiakG,CooperJS.The use of digitally reconstructed radiographs for three-dimensional treatment planning and CT-simulation.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.1995;31(4):935942.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 24

    MooreCS,LineyGP,BeavisAW,SaundersonJR.A method to produce and validate a digitally reconstructed radiograph-based computer simulation for optimisation of chest radiographs acquired with a computed radiography imaging system.Br J Radiol.2011;84(1006):890902.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 25

    ChaneyEL,ThornJS,TractonG,CullipT,RosenmanJG,TepperJE.A portable software tool for computing digitally reconstructed radiographs.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.1995;32(2):491497.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 26

    DhontJ,VerellenD,MollaertI,VanreuselV,VandemeulebrouckeJ.RealDRR - Rendering of realistic digitally reconstructed radiographs using locally trained image-to-image translation.Radiother Oncol.2020;153:213219.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 27

    WangX,WangX,HanL.A novel parallel architecture for template matching based on zero-mean normalized cross-correlation.IEEE Access.2019;7:186626186636.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 28

    BriechleK,HanebeckUD.Template matching using fast normalized cross correlation. In:CasasentDP,ChaoTH, eds.SPIE Proceedings Volume 4387. Optical Pattern Recognition XII.SPIE;2001:95102.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 29

    SiddonRL.Fast calculation of the exact radiological path for a three-dimensional CT array.Med Phys.1985;12(2):252255.

  • 30

    HollandMT,MansfieldK,MitchellA,BurchielKJ.Hidden error in optical stereotactic navigation systems and strategy to maximize accuracy.Stereotact Funct Neurosurg.2021;99(5):369376.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 31

    MaoJZ,AgyeiJO,KhanA,et al.Technologic evolution of navigation and robotics in spine surgery: a historical perspective.World Neurosurg.2021;145:159167.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 32

    SoteriouE,GrauvogelJ,LaszigR,GrauvogelTD.Prospects and limitations of different registration modalities in electromagnetic ENT navigation.Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol.2016;273(11):39793986.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 33

    NasserR,KostyJA,ShahS,WangJ,ChengJ.Risk factors and prevention of surgical site infections following spinal procedures.Global Spine J.2018;8(4)(suppl):44S48S.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 34

    RadcliffKE,NeusnerAD,MillhousePW,et al.What is new in the diagnosis and prevention of spine surgical site infections.Spine J.2015;15(2):336347.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 35

    MalhamGM,MundayNR.Comparison of novel machine vision spinal image guidance system with existing 3D fluoroscopy-based navigation system: a randomized prospective study.Spine J.2022;22(4):561569.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 36

    LingJM,DineshSK,PangBC,et al.Routine spinal navigation for thoraco-lumbar pedicle screw insertion using the O-arm three-dimensional imaging system improves placement accuracy.J Clin Neurosci.2014;21(3):493498.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 37

    OtakeY,SchaferS,StaymanJW,et al.Automatic localization of vertebral levels in x-ray fluoroscopy using 3D-2D registration: a tool to reduce wrong-site surgery.Phys Med Biol.2012;57(17):54855508.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 38

    ShunMiao,WangZJ,RuiLiao.A CNN regression approach for real-time 2D/3D registration.IEEE Trans Med Imaging.2016;35(5):13521363.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 39

    LiashchynskyiP,LiashchynskyiP.Grid search, random search, genetic algorithm: a big comparison for NAS.arXiv. Preprint published online December 12,2019. doi:10.48550/arXiv.1912.06059

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
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    BottouL.Large-Scale Machine Learning With Stochastic Gradient Descent.Springer;2010:177186.

  • 41

    UneriA,OtakeY,WangAS,et al.3D-2D registration for surgical guidance: effect of projection view angles on registration accuracy.Phys Med Biol.2014;59(2):271287.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 42

    VoCD,JiangB,AzadTD,CrawfordNR,BydonA,TheodoreN.Robotic spine surgery: current state in minimally invasive surgery.Global Spine J.2020;10(2)(suppl):34S40S.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 43

    BrecevichAT,DoweC,LeblDR,SamaAA,AbjornsonC,CammisaFP.121. Machine-vision image guided surgery (MvIGS): an intraoperative and radiation-free spine navigation system workflow analysis.Spine J.2019;19(9):S59.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

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