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Enhanced Recognition Confidence of Millimeter-Sized Intrahepatic Targets by Real-Time Virtual Sonography

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JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
卷 42, 期 8, 页码 1789-1797

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jum.16199

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hepatectomy; intraoperative ultrasonography; liver; navigation; real-time virtual sonography

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This study aimed to investigate whether real-time virtual sonography (RVS) can enhance intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) identification of small intrahepatic targets found in preoperative CT. The results showed that after using RVS, the confidence score for identifying small intrahepatic targets significantly increased, and some targets that were undetectable in fundamental IOUS were successfully identified by RVS.
Objectives- Real-time virtual sonography (RVS) is an artificial-intelligence-assisted ultrasonographic navigation system that displays synchronized preoperative computed tomography (CT) images corresponding to real-time intraoperative ultrasonograms (IOUS). This study aimed to investigate whether RVS can enhance IOUS identification of small intrahepatic targets found in preoperative CT.Methods- Patients with small intrahepatic targets detected by preoperative thin-slice dynamic CT before liver resection were included. The targets included millimeter-sized liver tumors or a third-order or more distal portal branch and were marked on CT images using 3D simulation software. After laparotomy, the targets were searched using fundamental IOUS, and participating liver surgeons subjectively scored the target identifying confidence on a scale of 1-5 (5 points for detection with the highest confidence and one point for undetectable). Then, the search procedure was repeated using the RVS, and the scores were compared.Results- Totally, 55 patients with 117 small targets were investigated. The median target size was 6.0 mm, and the median registration time was 3.6 seconds. The target identification confidence score significantly increased from 2.78 to 4.52 points after using RVS. Seventeen targets (14.5%) were undetectable in fundamental IOUS, and 14 of them were identified by RVS. The detectability of small liver tumors (2-5 points of identification confidence) by IOUS was 81.1 and 96.7% by RVS.Conclusion- RVS enhanced surgeons' confidence in identifying millimeter-sized intrahepatic targets found in preoperative CT.

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