title: Guiding systems for computer-assisted surgery: introducing synergistic devices and discussing the different approaches.
abstract: Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) or computer-assisted therapy (CAT) attempt primarily to optimize the performance of medical tasks. CAS systems include a guiding system to connect the information world of data and plans to the physical world of surgeons, patients and instruments, and to supplement the surgeon's perception and dexterity. Passive, semi-active and active systems have been proposed and implemented in various clinical applications. In this paper we introduce synergistic devices which are an extension of semi-active systems. We also discuss the advantages of the different categories of guiding systems on the basis of a list of task-oriented and user-oriented qualitative factors.
authors.affiliation: TIMC/IMAG Laboratory, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble, La Tronche, France. jocelyne.troccaz@imag.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Troccaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peshkin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D014584:User-Computer Interface