Title :
Visualization for image guided neurosurgery
Author :
Peters, T.M. ; Corneau, R.M. ; Pisani, L. ; Bakar, M. ; Munger, P. ; Davey, B.L.K.
Author_Institution :
Neurological Inst., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Over the past 20 years, the use of diagnostic imaging to guide neurosurgery has evolved from measurements made on the surface of X-ray films, through computerized systems to plan neurosurgical procedures, to fully interactive 3-D imaging in the operating room. The authors describe here the development of a multi-modality surgical workstation, equipped with a stereoscopic visualization interface, that is based on the ISG Viewing-wand image-guided surgery system, and demonstrate its application in several neurosurgical scenarios
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; brain; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; stereo image processing; surgery; 20 y; ISG Viewing-wand image-guided surgery system; MRI; PET; X-ray films; computerized systems; fully interactive 3-D imaging; image guided neurosurgery; multimodality surgical workstation; neurosurgical procedures planning; neurosurgical scenarios; operating room; stereoscopic visualization interface; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosurgery; Optical imaging; Positron emission tomography; Probes; Space technology; Surgery; Trajectory; Visualization; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575169
