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Title:

Automatic patient registration for port placement in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery

Document type:
Article
Author(s):
Feuerstein, M; Wildhirt, SM; Bauernschmitt, R; Navab, N
Abstract:
Optimal port placement is a delicate issue in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, particularly in robotically assisted surgery. A good choice of the instruments' and endoscope's ports can avoid time-consuming consecutive new port placement. We present a novel method to intuitively and precisely plan the port placement. The patient is registered to its pre-operative CT by just moving the endoscope around fiducials, which are attached to the patient's thorax and are visible in its CT. Their 3D...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
LECT NOTE COMPUT SCI
Year:
2005
Journal volume:
3750
Pages contribution:
287-294
Language:
eng
Print-ISSN:
0302-9743
TUM Institution:
Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Lange)
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