Craniotomy guidance using a stereo-video-based tracking system

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
D G ThomasR I Evans

Abstract

In open intracranial neurosurgery, it is desirable to minimize exposure and to approach the target in the most accurate way possible. The VISLAN system described here employs a completely passive hand-held locator which is tracked by a video system and does not require a mechanical linkage nor cables. The system also tracks easily recognizable, constant, anatomical landmarks of the patient. By this means the initial registration of pre-operative imaging and the detection of, and correction for, patient movement can be accomplished. High-resolution MRI segmented interactively is used to define external surface and brain anatomy. Thus, a pre-operative patient representation (POPR) is planned. During the surgical procedure the patient's head is illuminated by structured light and stereo-video pictures obtained from two television cameras mounted above the head. The system is calibrated and registered with the POPR using a chamfered matching algorithm. The locator is also tracked in space by the video system, and its tip position shown in relation to the POPR on the video monitor.

Citations

Nov 26, 1998·Medical Physics·W BirkfellnerH Bergmann
Jun 7, 2006·Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies : MITAT : Official Journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy· Caversaccio, Freysinger

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