Multisensor data fusion in an integrated tracking system for endoscopic surgery

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-111

  Ren, Hongliang ^a,b   Rank, Denis ^c,d   Merdes, Martin ^c   Stallkamp, Jan ^c   Kazanzides, Peter ^e  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

^d VECTOR INFORMATIK GMBH   (Germany)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic tracking (EMT); Inertial measurement unit (IMU); Multisensor data fusion (MSDF); Surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTIMATION THEORY; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU); INERTIAL SENSOR; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION; MULTISENSOR FUSION ALGORITHM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; SURGICAL PLANNING; SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS; TRACKING DEVICES; TRACKING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; DATA FUSION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; ENDOSCOPY; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRACKING (POSITION); UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

INTEGRATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84856916064     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2164088     Document Type: Article

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