title: Predicting target vessel location for improved planning of robot-assisted CABG procedures.
abstract: Prior to performing a robot-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, a pre-operative computed tomography scan is used to assess patient candidacy and to identify the location of the target vessel. The surgeon then determines the optimal port locations to ensure proper reach to the target with the robotic instruments, while assuming that the heart does not undergo any significant changes between the pre- and intra-operative stages. However, the peri-operative workflow itself leads to changes in heart position and consequently the intra-operative target vessel location. As such, the pre-operative plan must be adequately updated to adjust the target vessel location to better suit the intraoperative condition. Here we propose a technique to predict the position of the peri-operative target vessel location with approximately 3.5 mm RMS accuracy. We believe this technique will potentially reduce the rate of conversion of robot-assisted procedures to traditional open-chest surgery due to poor planning.
authors.affiliation: Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Cristian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Linte
authors.forename: Elvis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wedlake
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: Rajni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Terry M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*