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Real-Time Processing of Three Dimensional (2007)
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@MISC{Novotny07real-timeprocessing,
author = {Paul Martin Novotny and C○ Paul Martin Novotny and Robert D. Howe and Paul Martin Novotny and Ultrasound For Intracardiac Surgery},
title = {Real-Time Processing of Three Dimensional},
year = {2007}
}
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Abstract
Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound has been demonstrated as a viable tool for guiding surgical procedures. This visualization technique enables a range of new minimally invasive techniques in cardiac surgery. Ultrasound permits visualization through the opaque blood pool in the heart, and the advent of real-time 3DUS overcomes difficulties with 3D spatial perception in conventional 2D ultrasound. These procedures eliminate the need for a cardiopulminary bypass and its well documented adverse effects. However, challenges remain before clinical implementation of ultrasound-guided intracardiac surgery can be made practical. 3D ultrasound provides limited spatial perception due to distorted appearance of tissue and instruments. The low quality imaging when combined with the confined dynamic environment of a beating heart makes complex tasks difficult for surgeons to perform. These challenges are addressed by improving the display of 3D ultrasound with stereo displays, tracked surgical instruments, and introducing robotics for handling the dynamic cardiac tissue. A study is presented that demonstrates stereo displays
Keyphrases
real-time processing three dimensional stereo display distorted appearance low quality surgical procedure visualization technique complex task beating heart surgical instrument viable tool confined dynamic environment spatial perception invasive technique ultrasound-guided intracardiac surgery cardiac surgery dynamic cardiac tissue real-time three-dimensional ultrasound opaque blood pool permit visualization overcomes difficulty cardiopulminary bypass adverse effect clinical implementation limited spatial perception
