The NEAR project: Active endoscopes in the operating room

Author

Ciucci, M. ; Kahrs, L.A. ; Raczkowsky, J. ; Wörn, H. ; Halatsch, M.-E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Process Autom. & Robot., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 May 2009

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

52

Abstract

The following work describes in the field of neuro endoscopy the possibilities offered by active endoscopes equipped with augmented reality features and able to perform quantitative measurements. In the NEAR project, a practical implementation targeted towards endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and realized with standard optical systems and endoscopes is used as an example to discuss the limits and the possibilities offered by computer vision and navigations techniques.

Keywords

augmented reality; endoscopes; medical computing; NEAR project; active endoscopes; augmented reality features; endoscopic third ventriculostomy; neuroendoscopy; operating room; quantitative measurement; standard optical systems; Augmented reality; Brain modeling; Computer vision; Endoscopes; Image reconstruction; Layout; Minimally invasive surgery; Navigation; Neurosurgery; Robotics and automation; augmented reality; neuroendoscopy; quantitative endoscopy; triangulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurements Systems, 2009. VECIMS '09. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1944-9410

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3808-2

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9410

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VECIMS.2009.5068864

Filename

5068864