A computer-based algorithm is being developed which, using preoperative images, provides the surgeon with a list of feasible port triplets ranked according to tool dexterity and en...
Shaun Selha, Pierre E. Dupont, Robert D. Howe, Dav...
Abstract. In this paper we introduce the concept of statistical deformation models (SDM) which allow the construction of average models of the anatomy and their variability. SDMs a...
Daniel Rueckert, Alejandro F. Frangi, Julia A. Sch...
We present preliminary work on a novel technique for tracking anatomical structures during medical procedures. A vascular balloon catheter is placed within a vessel in the structur...
Michael Rosenthal, Susan Weeks, Stephen R. Aylward...
We report the results of a randomized, controlled trial to compare the accuracy of standard ultrasound-guided needle biopsy to biopsies performed using a 3D Augmented Reality (AR) ...
Michael Rosenthal, Andrei State, Joohi Lee, Gentar...
This paper describes the basis and behavior of segmentation of single figures in 3D by deformable m-reps models. Results are given for the segmentation of kidneys from CT and of h...
Stephen M. Pizer, Sarang C. Joshi, P. Thomas Fletc...