title: Software framework for a surgical guidance system using magnetic markers.
abstract: Use of active, optical tracking Surgical Guidance systems provides line of sight problems to the surgeon. We plan to use a new magnetic system, 'Aurora' from Northern Digital Inc. (Canada) and Mednetix AG (Switzerland), in intra-operative fluoroscopy to develop an integrated system for surgical guidance. Here we outline the modules developed for use with this system, including a novel registration method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hundtofte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thober
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bzostek
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003199:Computer Systems; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface