When change happens: computer assistance and image guidance for minimally invasive therapy

Healthcare Technology Letters

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Cristian A. Linte¹  Ziv Yaniv² 

[1] Biomedical Engineering and Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology;Children's National Medical Center, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

关键词: medical image processing;    data visualisation;    surgery;    minimally invasive therapy;    computer-assisted interventions;    image guidance;    computer-based systems;    visualisation;    navigation information;    medical image acquisition;    medical image processing;    image fusion;   

DOI  :  10.1049/htl.2014.0058

学科分类：肠胃与肝脏病学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Computer-assisted interventions are medical procedures that rely on image guidance and computer-based systems to provide visualisation and navigation information to the clinician, when direct vision of the sites or targets to be treated is not available, during minimally invasive procedures. Recent advances in medical image acquisition and processing, accompanied by technological breakthroughs in image fusion, visualisation and display have accelerated the adoption of minimally invasive approaches for a variety of medical procedures. This Letter is intended to serve as a brief overview of available image guidance and computer-assisted technology in the context of popular minimally invasive applications, while outlining some of the limitations and challenges in the transition from laboratory to clinical care.

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