title: 3D laser scanning for image guided stereotactic neurosurgery.
abstract: While this work is in its very early stages, the 3D laser scanner shows significant promise as a surgical localization device with advantages over other sensing methods. Accurate 3D surface extraction and matching, a central problem in computer vision, is the key to frameless stereotaxic neurosurgery using this technique.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Taren
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Ross
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Lu
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Harmon
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D012984:Software; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*