Vision-based endoscope tracking for 3D ultrasound image-guided surgical navigation

This work is motivated by the clinical need for surgical navigation in minimally invasive fetal surgery, as well as the operational limitations of existing techniques. One example of minimally invasive fetal surgery is the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) [1]. This condition is life-threatening and must be treated before birth, typically between 17-26 weeks of gestation [2,3]. To minimize medical complications from a large uterine incision, minimally invasive fetal endoscopic surgeries have been introduced [4,5].

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - September 14, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: L. Yang, J. Wang, T. Ando, A. Kubota, H. Yamashita, I. Sakuma, T. Chiba, E. Kobayashi Source Type: research