title: Surgical cartographic navigation system for endoscopic bypass grafting.
abstract: Endoscopic bypass grafting with the da Vinci system is still challenging and needs high level of experience and skill of the surgeon. Therefore, it is necessary to support the surgeon with enhanced vision and augmented reality. The augmentation of the patient model into the view of the endoscope is a direct approach to enhance support. The results of a preclinical study are shown in this paper. The method applied is suitable for endoscopic bypass grafting and in general applicable to minimal invasive surgery. The system was designed as an open architecture to facilitate easy transfer of the methodology into other surgical domain applications.
authors.affiliation: Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), Universität Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voruganti
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayoral
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Ronny
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grunert
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moeckel
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Korb
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface