title: Strategies for brain shift evaluation.
abstract: For the analysis of the brain shift phenomenon different strategies were applied. In 32 glioma cases pre- and intraoperative MR datasets were acquired in order to evaluate the maximum displacement of the brain surface and the deep tumor margin. After rigid registration using the software of the neuronavigation system, a direct comparison was made with 2D- and 3D visualizations. As a result, a great variability of the brain shift was observed ranging up to 24 mm for cortical displacement and exceeding 3 mm for the deep tumor margin in 66% of all cases. Following intraoperative imaging the neuronavigation system was updated in eight cases providing reliable guidance. For a more comprehensive analysis a voxel-based nonlinear registration was applied. Aiming at improved speed of alignment we performed all interpolation operations with 3D texture mapping based on OpenGL functions supported in graphics hardware. Further acceleration was achieved with an adaptive refinement of the underlying control point grid focusing on the main deformation areas. For a quick overview the registered datasets were evaluated with different 3D visualization approaches. Finally, the results were compared to the initial measurements contributing to a better understanding of the brain shift phenomenon. Overall, the experiments clearly demonstrate that deformations of the brain surface and deeper brain structures are uncorrelated.
authors.affiliation: Neurocenter, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. peter.hastreiter@neurozentrum.imed.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hastreiter
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rezk-Salama
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soza
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fahlbusch
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ganslandt
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nimsky
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*