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Application and accuracy enhancement of an improved spatial registration method in electromagnetic navigation for tumor ablation surgery

Xinyao Li, Gaoshuai Chen, Xin Yang, Yuchao Liu, Yu Xia

 

The School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.

 

Address correspondence to: Xinyao Li, The School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 516 Jungong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200093, China. Tel: +86-15156575887; E-mail: 15156575887@163.com.

 

DOI:https://doi.org/10.61189/143103ncllxn

 

Received November 15, 2024; Accepted July 11, 2025; Published September 30, 2025


Highlights

● Proposed an improved SVD algorithm to reduce errors caused by electromagnetic interference, thereby enhancing the precision of surgical navigation systems.

● Validated the algorithm through puncture experiments on biomimetic tissue of angles 0°, 5°, and 10° , demonstrating high accuracy in simulating tumor localization.

Abstract

Objective: To enhance the accuracy and efficiency of tumor ablation procedures, this study integrated tumor ablation technology with a surgical navigation system and addressed errors induced by electromagnetic interference in clinical settings. Methods: An improved singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm was proposed, which iteratively traversed the point set by selecting three corresponding points at a time to compute transformation matrices. Each matrix was applied to the original dataset, and the one yielding the minimum error between the transformed and target point sets was selected as the optimal solution. This approach mitigated the influence of individual outlier points and significantly reduced navigation errors caused by electromagnetic interference, thereby enhancing registration accuracy and robustness. Results: Experimental results demonstrated that the improved algorithm achieved high accuracy in simulating lesion localization. The root mean square error (RMSE) was employed as a quantitative metric. RMSE values were 0.85, 0.82, and 0.75 at rotation angles of 0°, 5°, and 10°, respectively, indicating minimal deviation between the transformed and target point clouds. Conclusion: Compared with the conventional SVD algorithm, the improved method yielded consistently lower RMSE values, confirming its effectiveness in minimizing electromagnetic navigation errors and enhancing registration accuracy.

Keywords: Tumor Ablation, surgical navigation system, electromagnetic interference and spatial registration

Cite

Li XY, Chen GS, Yang X, Liu YC, Xia Y. Application and accuracy enhancement of an improved spatial registration method in electromagnetic navigation for tumor ablation surgery. Prog in Med Devices 2025 Sep;3(3): 143-153.  doi:10.61189/143103ncllxn

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