Dual surgical navigation using augmented and virtual environment techniques

Sungmin Kim, Jaesung Hong, Sanghyun Joung, Atsushi Yamada, Nozomu Matsumoto, Sun I. Kim, Young Soo Kim, Makoto Hashizume

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Abstract

To obtain additional depth and visual information in endoscopic surgery, a dual surgical navigation system using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) techniques complementarily was developed. A VR environment was constructed in the default 3-D view of the navigation software and an AR environment was developed as a plug-in module. The spatial relationships among the target organ, endoscope, and surgical tools were visualized, and the visual information superimposing invisible organs on the endoscopic images was supplied using the AR environment. Phantom experiments and preliminary clinical application showed promising results for surgical navigation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-169
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Journal of Optomechatronics
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (KRF-2008-621-D00062), and by the research fund of NEDO P10003 ‘‘intelligent surgical instrument project,’’ Japan.

Keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Endoscopic surgery
  • Image guided surgery
  • Surgical navigation
  • Virtual reality

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