title: Registration of real and virtual endoscopy--a model and image based approach.
abstract: This paper describes work in progress to integrate real and virtual endoscopy and to apply virtual endoscopy to the intra-operative guidance of endoscopic procedures. We propose a method for real-time tracking of the endoscope's shape and position. Our approach makes use of a simple and small external device, a computer model of a flexible endoscope and an image-based registration technique.
authors.affiliation: SIEMENS Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kukuk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geiger
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014584:User-Computer Interface