Target registration error minimization for minimally invasive interventions involving deformable organs

The continuing development and adoption of image navigation systems is part of the trend toward precise and minimally invasive procedures, which minimize trauma to the patient and allow faster recovery (Peters and Cleary, 2008). Imaging systems are widely used in procedures in which the reference points are rigid elements of the skeleton (e.g., treatment of the brain and spinal cord). However, imaging navigation systems for working with the displacement and deformation of soft tissues during surgery, as in the abdomen, are only in the preliminary implementation stage (Kenngott et al., 2014; Neshat et al., 2013; Phee and Yang, 2010; Spinczyk, 2015).
Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research