PC-based volume rendering for medical visualisation and augmented reality based surgical navigation

Author

Lapeer, R.J. ; Rowland, R.S. ; Chen, Min Si

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., East Anglia Univ., Norwich, UK

fYear

2004

fDate

14-16 July 2004

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

72

Abstract

We describe a generic software architecture for stereoscopic augmented reality microsurgery, built upon a general framework for volume rendering based 3D visualisation. The software is called ARView and allows the user to perform the standard procedures for stereoscopic augmented reality surgical navigation: calibration of a visualisation device; registration of pre-operatively and intra-operatively acquired patient image data; overlaying with either volume or surface rendered (segmented) data using different methodologies; and tracking of moving objects in the surgical scene.

Keywords

augmented reality; data visualisation; medical computing; rendering (computer graphics); surgery; 3D visualisation; ARView; PC-based volume rendering; medical visualisation; patient image data; software architecture; stereoscopic augmented reality microsurgery; surface rendering; surgical navigation; visualisation device calibration; Augmented reality; Biomedical imaging; Microsurgery; Navigation; Rendering (computer graphics); Software architecture; Software performance; Software standards; Surgery; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualisation, 2004. IV 2004. Proceedings. Eighth International Conference on

ISSN

1093-9547

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2177-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IV.2004.1320126

Filename

1320126