Design and analysis of a calibration-method for stereo-optical
motion tracking in MRI using a virtual calibration phantom

Martin Hoßbach; Johannes Gregori; Stefan Wesarg; Matthias Günther

doi:10.1117/12.2007239

6 March 2013 Design and analysis of a calibration-method for stereo-optical motion tracking in MRI using a virtual calibration phantom

Martin Hoßbach, Johannes Gregori, Stefan Wesarg, Matthias Günther

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Proceedings Volume 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging; 86682E (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007239
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Motion tracking for head motion compensation in MRI has been a research topic for several years. However, literature is not giving much attention to the calibration of such setups. We present a method to calibrate the coordinate systems of a stereo-optical camera setup mounted to the MRI head coil. Though using a simple setup and visible instead of infrared light for tracking, it is possible to achieve a sub-millimeter tracking precision. Blue water-filled spheres are positioned throughout the whole MRI imaging volume and detected in images of the tracking cameras as well as MRI scans. In order to register the coordinate systems of both camera system and MRI scanner, a heuristic-enhanced brute-force approach is used to match detected spheres in the different images. Then, a rigid transformation is calculated and applied to the cameras' external parameters to align the coordinate systems. The precision of our setup was evaluated using leave-one-out cross validation both for the camera calibration and the scanner coordinate system registration. We found that the cameras' locations and orientations are correct within 0:03mm and 0:03°, using a number of 45 spheres. Evaluation of the MRI coordinate system registration showed an average reprojection error of 1:1 mm. Influence of a feature point jitter of 0:5 px is 0:03mm for a point close to the cameras and 0:3mm for a point close to the back of the patient's head. Tracked poses are correct within 0:17mm and 0:001.°

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Martin Hoßbach, Johannes Gregori, Stefan Wesarg, and Matthias Günther "Design and analysis of a calibration-method for stereo-optical motion tracking in MRI using a virtual calibration phantom", Proc. SPIE 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging, 86682E (6 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007239

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