A full 3D-navigation system in a suitcase

✍ Scribed by W Freysinger; MJ Truppe; AR Gunkel; WF Thumfart

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 525 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1092-9088
• DOI: 10.1002/igs.1012

✦ Synopsis

Objective:

To reduce the impact of contemporary 3d-navigation systems on the environment of typical otorhinolaryngologic operating rooms, we demonstrate that a transfer of navigation software to modern high-power notebook computers is feasible and results in a practicable way to provide positional information to a surgeon intraoperatively.

Materials and methods:

The artma virtual patient system has been implemented on a macintosh powerbook g3 and, in connection with the polhemus fastrak digitizer, provides intraoperative positional information during endoscopic endonasal surgery.

Results:

Satisfactory intraoperative navigation has been realized in two- and three-dimensional medical image data sets (i.e., x-ray, ultrasound images, ct, and mr) and live video.

Conclusions:

This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that acceptable ergonomics and excellent performance of the system can be achieved with contemporary high-end notebook computers.