Image-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy
Fig. 57.1 Sagittal and axial view of an ultrasound-guided implant. A three-dimensional image volume is acquired by rotating the transrectal ultrasound probe while acquiring oblique sagittal images. (a) On the…
Workflow Analysis, Design, Modeling and Simulation for the Multimodality Imaging Therapy Operating System (MITOS)
Fig. 23.1 (a) Schematic view of a simplistic workflow model of imaging infrastructure by separating the workflow of diagnostic procedures blue arrows and image-guided surgery procedure red arrows. (b) MedModel…
Image-Guided Liver Surgery
Fig. 59.1 References to guided liver surgery in PubMed and Google Scholar since 1983 Given that the term Image-Guided Neurosurgery appeared in 1989 [1] and the first commercial guidance system…
Image-Guided Orthopaedic Surgery
Fig. 49.1 Example of CT-based navigational feedback. This screenshot shows a CT-based navigation during pedicle screw placement (Courtesy of BrainLAB AG, Munich, Germany) VOs may be acquired at two points…
Navigation
Anatomy Year Reference Intracranial tumor resection 1993 [4] Spinal pedicle screw placement 1995 [5] Hip replacement surgery 1998 [6] Bronchoscopy 2001 [7] Craniomaxillofacial surgery 2010 [8] Heart and coronary arteries…
Robotic Arm-Assisted Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Preoperative Planning and Surgical Technique
Fig. 51.1 Potential UKA placement errors that can occur in coronal plane Appropriate patient selection and well-designed, accurately implanted prosthetic components have proven to be critical. It is proposed that…
Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery
Fig. 50.1 A typical setup for navigation using a C-arm is shown. The therapeutic object is positioned on the operating table, and dynamic reference bases (DRB) are affixed. The C-arm…
Brain Shift and Updated Intraoperative Navigation with Intraoperative MRI
Fig. 35.1 Brain deformation. After removal of an intraventricular lesion, the brain surface collapses and opens the view onto the frontal skull base. Note the bridging veins, tethering portions of…
Multimodality Guidance in Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Abdominal Procedures
Fig. 58.1 Electromagnetic (EM) position sensors are attached to the head of the endoscope, and a tracker system is used to provide position and orientation signals to the computer. These…
Intraoperative Guidance Using 3D Scene Reconstruction from Endoscopic Images
Intrinsic parameters Camera calibration Focal length f c Optical center in the image plane c c Distortion parameters (radial and tangential) k c Extrinsic parameters Hand-eye calibration Orientation w.r.t. world…
