Camera augmented mobile C-arm (CAMC): Calibration, accuracy study, and clinical applications

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1412-1423

  Navab, Nassir ^a   Heining, Sandro Michael ^b   Traub, Joerg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmented reality visualization; C arm navigation; image guided surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY STUDY; ANTEROPOSTERIOR; C-ARM NAVIGATION; C-ARM SYSTEMS; CADAVER STUDY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL ROUTINE; COREGISTERED; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; IMAGE OVERLAY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; INTUITIVE INTERFACES; LINE OF SIGHT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MIRROR SYSTEMS; NEW SYSTEM; OBLIQUE VIEW; OPEN SURGERY; OPTICAL CENTER; OPTICAL IMAGE; OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEMS; PEDICLE SCREWS; SURGICAL GUIDANCE; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; VERTEBROPLASTY; X-RAY IMAGE; X-RAY SOURCES; XRAY IMAGING;

AUGMENTED REALITY; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; ELECTRON SOURCES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; NAILS; NAVIGATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTIC ARMS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); VIDEO CAMERAS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954224040     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2021947     Document Type: Article

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