Image-Guided Interventions

Technology and Applications
2008
ISBN: 978-0-387-73856-7
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 557 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1153 g

Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the current technological advances in image-guided surgery. Edited and authored by leading researchers in the field, this volume blends the expertise of both engineers and physicians, offering the latest findings amidst the growing demand for minimally-invasive procedures. Complete with detailed color images, readers will find a description of existing tools such as localizers/tracking systems, augmented reality, rigid body registration and high frequency ultrasound used in various applications, including cranial, orthopedic, and endovascular interventions.

Image-Guided Intervention: Technology and Applications is a useful reference for engineers, physicists, computer scientists and physicians working with image-guidance technology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cleary, Kevin

Peters, Terry

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Minimalinvasive Chirurgie, Laserchirurgie, Laparoskopie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview and History of Image-Guided Interventions.- Tracking Devices.- Visualization in Image-Guided Interventions.- Augmented Reality.- Software.- Rigid Registration.- Nonrigid Registration.- Model-Based Image Segmentation for Image-Guided Interventions.- Imaging Modalities.- MRI-Guided FUS and its Clinical Applications.- Neurosurgical Applications.- Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery.- Thoracoabdominal Interventions.- Real-Time Interactive MRI for Guiding Cardiovascular Surgical Interventions.- Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Guidance and Robot Assistance for Prostate Brachytherapy.- Radiosurgery.- Radiation Oncology.- Assessment of Image-Guided Interventions.

Über Autor(innen)

Terry M Peters has worked in Image-guided Surgery for over 20 years, first at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and currently at the Robarts Research Institute, where he continues his work with image-guided surgery applied to the brain and the heart. At the Robarts he is the Director of the Image-guided Surgery and Therapy research program.

Kevin Cleary is a Research Associate Professor for the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems (ISIS) Center in the Department of Radiology at Georgetown University and the Deputy Director of the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems Center in the Department of Radiology. He is an expert in the field of medical robotics, specializing in the development of technology for image-guided and minimally invasive medical procedures.