Real-time computer-generated integral imaging and 3D imagecalibration for augmented reality surgical navigation

Augmented reality (AR) based surgical navigation allows virtual organs overlaid on real organs to provide surgeons with an immersive visualized surgical environment. Compared with virtual reality based surgical navigation where a flat 2D monitor is used to display a virtual surgical scene, AR navigation where a virtual surgical scene is further registered to reality could provide enhanced realism and more intuitive information for surgical guidance [1]. There are three types of AR visualization technologies in the current surgical navigation systems: video-based display [2–6], see-through display [7,8], and projection based AR [9–11].
Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research