3D laser scanning for image guided stereotactic neurosurgery.
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.
Taren
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J
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Ross
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D
Lu
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Harmon
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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*