Abstract
Establishing image context is the major difficulty of performing I laparoscopic ultrasound. The standard techniques used by transabdominal ultrasonographers to understand image orientation are difficult to apply with laparoscopic instruments. In this paper, we describe a navigation system that displays the position and orientation of laparoscopic ultrasound images to the operating surgeon in real time. The display technique we developed for showing the orientation information uses a 3D model of the aorta as the main visual reference. This technique is helpful because it provides surgeons with important spatial cues, which we show improves their ability to interpret the laparoscopic ultrasound.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 184-191 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Volume | 2879 |
| Issue number | PART 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2003 - 6th International Conference Proceedings - Montreal, Que., Canada Duration: Nov 15 2003 → Nov 18 2003 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- General Computer Science
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Ellsmere, J., Stoll, J., Rattner, D., Brooks, D., Kane, R., Wells, W., Kikinis, R., & Vosburgh, K. (2003). A navigation system for augmenting laparoscopic ultrasound. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2879(PART 2), 184-191.