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An Augmented Reality Application for the Enhancement of Surgical Decisions

Authors:
Lucio Tommaso De Paolis
Giovanni Aloisio
Marco Pulimeno

Keywords: user interface; Augmented Reality; medical image processing

Abstract:
The practice of Minimally Invasive Surgery is becoming more and more widespread and is being adopted as an alternative to the classical procedure. This technique has some limitations and comes at a cost to the surgeons. In particular, the lack of depth in perception and the difficulty in estimating the distance of the specific structures in laparoscopic surgery can impose limits on delicate dissection or suturing. The availability of new systems for the pre-operative planning can be of great help to the surgeon. The developed application allows the surgeon to gather information about the patient and her/his pathology, visualizing and interacting with the 3D models of the organs built from the patient’s medical images, measuring the dimensions of the organs and deciding the best insertion points of the trocars in the patient’s body. This choice can be visualized on the real patient using the Augmented Reality technology.

Pages: 192 to 196

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-117-5

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011