Objective image analysis of real-time three-dimensional intraoperative ultrasound for intrinsic brain tumour surgery

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• 作者：Sophie J. Camp ; Vasileios Apostolopoulos…
• 关键词：Brain tumours ; Intraoperative ultrasound ; Image analysis
• 刊名：Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：5
• 期：1
• 全文大小：658KB
• 刊物主题：Ultrasound; Imaging / Radiology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2050-5736
• 卷排序：5

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BackgroundThere is growing evidence that maximal surgical resection of primary intrinsic brain tumours is beneficial, both by improving progression free and overall survival and also by facilitating postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Hence, there has been an increase in the popularity of real-time intraoperative imaging in brain tumour surgery. The complex theatre arrangements, prohibitive cost and prolonged theatre time of intraoperative MRI have restricted its application. By comparison, intraoperative three-dimensional ultrasound (i3DUS) is user friendly, cost-effective and portable and adds little to surgical time. However, operator-dependent image quality and image interpretation remain limiting factors to the wider application of this technique. The aim of this study was to explore objective i3DUS image analysis and its potential therapeutic role in brain tumour surgery.