Computer-assisted ENT surgery using augmented reality: Preliminary results on the CAESAR project

Lapeer, R. J., Chios, P., Alusi, G., Linney, A. D., Davey, M. K. and Tan, A. C. (2000) Computer-assisted ENT surgery using augmented reality: Preliminary results on the CAESAR project. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1935 . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, USA, pp. 42-52. ISBN 978-3-540-41189-5

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Abstract

The ‘Computer Assisted ENT Surgery using Augmented Reality’ (CAESAR) project aims to improve ENT surgical procedures through augmentation of the real operative scene during surgery: a virtual scene, which shows structures that are normally hidden to the eye of the surgeon, is superimposed onto the real scene. The main distinction of this project as opposed to previous work in the field is to create a hierarchical and stepwise implemented system which allows operations such as calibration, tracking and registration to be assessed on an individual basis. This allows us to compare different alternatives for each operation and eventually apply the best solution without interfering with the performance of other parts of the system. In this paper, we present a framework for the alignment of the objects/subject in the real and virtual operating environment before the onset of surgery, and test its performance on a phantom skull. The operations involved are thus based on a static system and include calibration of the stereo microscope and registration of the virtual patient (as reconstructed from CT data) with the real patient. The final alignment of all objects in the real and virtual operating scene is assessed by cumulating maximum errors of each individual step.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Interactive Graphics and Audio
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2011 19:56
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2023 01:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/23562
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-540-40899-4_88

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