Purpose Electromagnetic tracking is a core platform technology in the navigation and visualisation of image-guided procedures. The technology provides high tracking accuracy in non-line-of-sight environments, allowing instrument navigation in locations where optical tracking is not feasible. EMT can...
Conclusions: The CustusX platform facilitates development of new and specialized applications. The toolkit supports the process and makes important extension and injection points available for customization....
Abstract—During ultrasound-guided percutaneous interventions, needle localization can be a challenge. To increase needle visibility, enhancements of both the imaging methods and the needle surface properties have been investigated. However, a methodical approach to compare potential solutions is cur...
Image guided surgery systems aim to support surgeons by providing reliable pre-operative and intra-operative imaging of the patient combined with the corresponding tracked instrument location. The image guidance is based on a combination of medical images, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), C...
A 60-year-old woman presented to our hospital with severe hypercapnic respiratory failure in the absence of a prior smoking history. She reported a 1-day history of increased dyspnoea and a cough productive of green sputum. Her medical history was significant for severe idiopathic scoliosis, cleft p...
Virtual bronchoscopy is often used for planning a real bronchoscopy procedure. Software applications are developed for virtual bronchoscopy, involving usually segmentation of the tracheobronchial tree from the medical image scan, which is a difficult operation, both conceptually and from the compute...
Translator disclaimer Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Abstract Objective: Endoluminal visualization in virtual and video bronchoscopy lacks information about the surrounding structures, and the traditional 2 D axial, corona...
Radio frequency ablation is commonly used in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinicians rely on imaging techniques, such as medical ultrasound, to confirm an accurate needle placement. This accuracy may improve by means of active needle steering techniques, which are currently in developm...