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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 155-169 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Journal of Optomechatronics |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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