International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg · Oct 2017
Toward computer-assisted image-guided congenital heart defect repair: an initial phantom analysis.
Radiation exposure in interventional cardiology is an important consideration, due to risk of cancer and other morbidity to the patient and clinical staff. Cardiac catheterizations rely heavily on fluoroscopic imaging exposing both patient and clinician to ionizing radiation. An image-guided surgery system capable of facilitating cardiac catheterizations was developed and tested to evaluate dose reduction. ⋯ The work showed significant ([Formula: see text]) decrease in radiation dose with use of image guidance methods at the expense of a modest increase in procedure time. This study lays the groundwork for further exploration of image guidance applications in pediatric cardiology.