Computers in imaging and guided surgery

Author

Joskowicz, Leo ; Taylor, Russell H.

Author_Institution

Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

Volume

3

Issue

5

fYear

2001

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

72

Abstract

The authors review the main technical issues in computer-integrated surgery (CIS) systems. They illustrate with examples of working systems the state of the art in the field and provide perspectives on deployment and future developments. They discuss the structure of CIS systems. At the core is a computer (or network of computers) running various modeling and analysis processes, including image and sensor processing, creation and manipulation of patient-specific anatomical models, surgical planning, visualization, monitoring, and control of surgical processes. After receiving information about the patient from medical imaging devices, some CIS systems act directly on the patient using specialized robots or other computer controlled therapy devices

Keywords

medical image processing; medical robotics; surgery; computer-integrated surgery systems; data visualization; future development; medical image processing; medical robots; patient-specific anatomical models; sensor processing; surgical planning; Biomedical monitoring; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer networks; Image analysis; Image sensors; Medical control systems; Patient monitoring; Process planning; Surgery; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5992.947109

Filename

947109