title: MiMed liver: a planning system for liver surgery.
abstract: In clinical routine of liver surgery there are a multitude of risks such as vessel injuries, blood loss, incomplete tumor resection, etc. In order to avoid these risks the surgeons perform a planning of a surgical intervention. A good graphical representation of the liver and its inner structures is of great importance for a good planning. In this work we introduce a new planning system for liver surgery, which is meant for computer tomography (CT) data analysis and graphical representation. The system is based on automatic and semiautomatic segmentation techniques as well as on a simple and intuitive user interface and was developed with the intention to help surgeons by planning an operation and increasing the efficiency in open liver surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Micro Technology and Medical Device Technology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 85748 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwaiger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markert
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lueth
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*