A hybrid tracking method for surgical augmented reality

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-52

  Fischer, Jan ^a   Eichler, Michael ^a   Bartz, Dirk ^a   Straßer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid tracking; Medical augmented reality; Pose estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CAMERA POSE ESTIMATION; DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA; HYBRID TRACKING; INFRARED CAMERA; MEDICAL AUGMENTED REALITY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33846906891     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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