arXiv:2607.10551eess.IVcs.CV2026-07

小误差也能让脊椎影像变形,影响手术导航精度

Projection-Domain Sensitivity Analysis of Vertebral DRRs Under Intrinsic Calibration Perturbation

论文配图:Projection-Domain Sensitivity Analysis of Vertebral DRRs Under Intrinsic Calibration Perturbation
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  • 用模拟成像测试相机参数微小偏差对脊椎投影的影响
  • 侧位图像受扰动影响远大于正位,轮廓和关键点偏移明显
  • 为术中影像配准提供新评估方法,适合医疗影像系统优化

准确的几何标定对透视引导脊柱成像、数字重建放射图像(DRR)生成及2D-3D椎体配准至关重要。尽管标定质量通常通过重投影误差等重建指标评估,其对投影域一致性的影响仍不明确。本研究提出一种合成框架,评估内在标定扰动对椎体透视投影及下游配准性能的影响。基于CT重建的椎体模型与受控锥束成像几何,生成具有真实与扰动内在参数的DRR,保持相同解剖结构与采集姿态。通过解剖标志位移、轮廓距离、轮廓重叠度、图像相似性及基于标志的2D-3D配准精度(前后位与侧位),量化投影域变化。结果表明,即使微小的内在标定扰动也会引起椎体投影几何、轮廓形态、标志定位及DRR外观的显著变化。敏感性呈明显视图依赖性,侧位投影的形变与解剖位移远大于前后位。这些投影不一致也降低了下游2D-3D配准性能,尤其影响旋转对齐精度。研究证明,投影域一致性可补充传统重建指标,为标定鲁棒性评估提供实用框架,有望提升图像引导脊柱应用中DRR生成与配准的可靠性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate geometric calibration is essential for fluoroscopy-guided spinal imaging, digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) generation, and 2D--3D vertebral registration. Although calibration quality is typically evaluated using reconstruction-based metrics such as reprojection error, its influence on projection-domain consistency remains poorly understood. This study presents a synthetic framework for evaluating how intrinsic calibration perturbations affect vertebral fluoroscopic projections and downstream registration performance. CT-derived vertebral models and controlled cone-beam imaging geometry were used to generate DRRs with both ground-truth and perturbed intrinsic calibration parameters while maintaining identical anatomy and acquisition pose. Projection-domain changes were quantified using anatomical landmark displacement, contour distance, silhouette overlap, image similarity, and landmark-based 2D--3D registration accuracy in anterior--posterior (AP) and lateral (LAT) views. Results show that even small intrinsic calibration perturbations produce measurable changes in vertebral projection geometry, contour morphology, landmark localization, and DRR appearance. Sensitivity is strongly view dependent, with LAT projections exhibiting substantially greater deformation and anatomical displacement than AP projections. These projection inconsistencies also degrade downstream 2D--3D registration, particularly rotational alignment accuracy. The findings demonstrate that projection-domain consistency complements conventional reconstruction-based calibration metrics and provides a practical framework for assessing calibration robustness. This approach may improve the reliability of DRR generation and fluoroscopy-guided vertebral registration in image-guided spinal applications.

医学影像标定评估脊柱导航投影一致性

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