Augmented Reality Guidance for Needle Biopsies: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Phantoms

  • Authors:
  • Michael Rosenthal;Andrei State;Joohi Lee;Gentaro Hirota;Jeremy Ackerman;Kurtis Keller;Etta D. Pisano;Michael Jiroutek;Keith Muller;Henry Fuchs

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • MICCAI '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We report the results of a randomized, controlled tnal to compare the accuracy of standard ultrasound-guided needle biopsy to biopsies performed using a 3D Augmented Reality (AR) guidance system. Fifty core biopsies of breast phantoms were conducted by a board-certified radiologist, with each set of five biopsies randomly assigned to one of the methods. The raw ultrasound data from each biopsy was recorded. Another board-certified radiologist, blinded to the actual biopsy guidance mechanism, evaluated the ultrasound recordings and determined the distance of the biopsy from the ideal position. A repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that the head-mounted display method led to a statistically significantly smaller mean deviation from the desired target than did the CRT display method. (2.48mm for control versus 1.62mm for augmented reality, p