Title :
Computer-assisted stereotaxic surgery
Author :
Walker, Cedric F. ; Taneja, Udita
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA, USA
Abstract :
A set of software image processing tools is being developed to assist in stereotaxic implantation and biopsy procedures. They allow merging of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and anatomic atlas images into a single database; reformatting of the merged image into arbitrary planes; and interactive display of these reformatted images in the operating room environment. The hardware, software and present research are briefly discussed
Keywords :
computerised picture processing; medical computing; software tools; surgery; anatomic atlas images; biopsy procedures; computerized tomography; image reformatting; interactive display; magnetic resonance imaging; merged image; operating room environment; software image processing tools; stereotaxic implantation; Biopsy; Computed tomography; Computer displays; Hardware; Image databases; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Merging; Software tools; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96531
