Stereo Vision-Based Tracking of Soft Tissue Motion with Application to Online Ablation Control in Laser Microsurgery

Surgery on delicate anatomical structures often demands high-resolution imaging and microinstruments for precise soft tissue manipulation. More advanced tools, such as medical lasers, facilitate contactless treatment of the pathology and minimize tissue trauma. A state-of-the-art clinical application is transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for resection of benign or cancerous tissue on vocal cords (Rubinstein and Armstrong, 2011). Regarding the surgical treatment, a direct line-of-sight is established by inserting a laryngoscope in the throat of the patient.
Source: Medical Image Analysis - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research