title: 3D endoscopic approach for endonasal sinus surgery.
abstract: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a minimal invasive approach adopted in case of chronic sinusitis (inflammation of the paranasal sinuses). The paranasal sinuses are hollow structures within the bones surrounding the nasal cavity. During FESS the surgeon moves the endoscope and other surgical instruments within the nasal cavity following specific paths to approach each one of the paranasal sinuses. The purpose of this study was to reconstruct these paths to access the paranasal sinuses using volumetric CT data. The results will be used for Finite Element modeling and simulations for Robot Assisted Endonasal Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Robotics and Process Control, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Moral
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kunkel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tingelhoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rilk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Eichhorn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bootz
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed