November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
836 pages
40h 17m
English
Part V “Treatment planning, guidance and training” covers surgical planning, intraoperative support and surgical training. In Chapter 17, we discuss general requirements and solution strategies for computer-assisted surgery.
Chapter 18 is dedicated to intraoperative visualization, image-guided surgery, and augmented reality in surgery. Here we will discuss how medical image data is integrated with an intervention itself. We discuss advanced techniques combining pre- and intraoperative imaging data similar to a car navigation system. The constraints of intraoperative use, interaction techniques appropriate in these settings and limitations with respect to setup times and accuracy will be carefully ...
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