Title :
Intraprocedural Registration for Image-Guided Kidney Surgery
Author :
Ong, Rowena E. ; Glisson, Courtenay ; Altamar, Hernan ; Viprakasit, Davis ; Clark, Peter ; Herrell, S. Duke ; Galloway, Robert L., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
This paper reviews the process of using surface-based registration techniques for image-guided kidney surgery and presents data for both open and minimally invasive kidney surgery either by robot or by hand.
Keywords :
image registration; kidney; medical image processing; surgery; image-guided kidney surgery; intraprocedural registration; minimally invasive kidney surgery; surface-based registration techniques; Image-guided surgery; minimally invasive surgery (MIS); registration; robotic surgery; segmentation;
Journal_Title :
Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMECH.2010.2066985
