A navigation system for Augmenting Laparoscopic Ultrasound

James Ellsmere, Jeffrey Stoll, David Rattner, David Brooks, Robert Kane, William Wells, Ron Kikinis, Kirby Vosburgh

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Abstract

Establishing image context is the major difficulty of performing 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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2003 - 6th International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsRandy E. Ellis, Terry M. Peters
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages175-183
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)3540204644
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2003 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Nov 15 2003Nov 18 2003

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2879
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2003
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period11/15/0311/18/03

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 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. In R. E. Ellis, & T. M. Peters (Eds.), Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2003 - 6th International Conference, Proceedings (pp. 175-183). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 2879). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39903-2_23