Hybrid navigation interface for orthopedic and trauma surgery

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2006;9(Pt 1):373-80. doi: 10.1007/11866565_46.

Abstract

Several visualization methods for intraoperative navigation systems were proposed in the past. In standard slice based navigation, three dimensional imaging data is visualized on a two dimensional user interface in the surgery room. Another technology is the in-situ visualization i.e. the superimposition of imaging data directly into the view of the surgeon, spatially registered with the patient. Thus, the three dimensional information is represented on a three dimensional interface. We created a hybrid navigation interface combining an augmented reality visualization system, which is based on a stereoscopic head mounted display, with a standard two dimensional navigation interface. Using an experimental setup, trauma surgeons performed a drilling task using the standard slice based navigation system, different visualization modes of an augmented reality system, and the combination of both. The integration of a standard slice based navigation interface into an augmented reality visualization overcomes the shortcomings of both systems.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Data Display
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Microscopy, Video / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Video / methods
  • Orthopedic Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Orthopedic Procedures / methods
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • User-Computer Interface*
  • Wounds and Injuries / surgery*