Table 1.
Comparison against existing publicly available databases of preoperative and intraoperative imaging in brain cancer patients.
| MNIBITE11–13 |
RESECT14, 15 |
ReMIND |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Montreal | Trondheim | Boston |
| Publication Year(s) | 201211, 201412, 201613 | 201714, 202215 | 2023 |
| Patients | 1412 (+913) | 23 | 114 |
| Low-Grade Gliomas | |||
| Tumor Type(s) | Low-Grade Gliomas | Low-Grade Gliomas | High-Grade Gliomas |
| High-Grade Gliomas | Other tumors | ||
| Preoperative MRI | 1.5T GE Signa EXCITE | 1.5 Siemens Magnetom Avanto | Various 1.5T/3T/7T scanners |
| 3T Siemens Magnetom TIM Trio | 3T Siemens Magnetom Skyra | (Siemens, GE, Hitachi) | |
| Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) | - | - | 3T Siemens Magnetom Verio |
| - | - | 70 cm Wide-Bore | |
| Postoperative MRI | 1.5T GE Signa EXCITE | - | - |
| Smallest MRI Voxel Size | 1 × 0.5 × 0.5 mm | 1 × 1 × 1 mm | 1 × 1 × 0.5 mm |
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| Brainlab Curve Dual Display | |||
| Neuronavigation | IBIS NeuroNav | Sonowand Invite | Brainlab Cranial |
| Processing Unit | Navigation, Brainlab Ultrasound | ||
| Neuronavigation Optical | Polaris | Polaris Spectra | Polaris Spectra for Brainlab |
| Tracking Unit | (Northern Digital Inc.) | (Northern Digital Inc.) | (Northern Digital Inc.) |
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| Navigation Tracking | TA003 | Built-in | Adapter Base (41860-XX) |
| Adapter for iUS Probe | (Traxtal Technologies Inc.) | Array (22595) (Brainlab AG) | |
| iUS Processing Unit | HDI 5000 | Built-in | bk5000 |
| (Philips ATL) | (BK medical) | ||
| 4–7 Mhz Phased | 12–6 Mhz Flat Linear | 13–5 Mhz Curved Array | |
| iUS Probe | Array Transducer P7–4 | Array Transducer 12FLA-L | Array Transducer N13C5 |
| (Philips ATL) | (Sonowand AS) | (9062) (BK medical) | |
| iUS Image Depth | 6.5 cm or 8 cm | - | 6.5 cm |
| iUS Reconstruction | 2D: 0.2 × 0.2 mm | 0.14 × 0.14 × 0.14 mm to | 0.1 × 0.1 × 0.5 mm |
| Resolution | 3D: 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.3 mm | 0.24 × 0.24 × 0.24 mm | |
| Extradural iUS | 2D & 3D | 3D | 3D |
| (before dural incision) | |||
| Intradural iUS | 3D | ||
| (after dural incision) | - | - | |
| Resection Control iUS | - | 3D | - |
| Post-resection (pre-iMRI) iUS | 2D & 3D | 3D | 3D |
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| Preoperative Tumor (Manual) | |||
| Segmentations | Preoperative Tumor (Manual) | Preoperative Tumor (Manual)15 | Prior Resection Cavity (Manual) |
| Resection cavity in iUS (Manual) | Preoperative Ventricles (Auto) | ||
| Preoperative Cerebrum (Auto) | |||
| Landmarks | iUS to iUS | iUS to iUS | Not yet available |
| post-resection iUS to MRI | pre-resection iUS to MRI14 | ||