A VIRTUAL BRAIN FOR STEREOTACTIC PLANNING AND SUPPORTING NEUROSURGERY
2015
Visualization has becoming a powerful assistive technology for neurosurgery. This paper
introduces a system for stereotactic neurosurgical planning and support. Using visualization
technology the system reconstructs and displays a 3D model of the interior structure of the
patient’s brain. Thus the surgeons can plan for surgery using a computer model. Marker
registration is used to create the mapping between the patient’s head and the brain model
reconstructed in the computer. During the operation a robot arm is used as a navigator to locate
the pre-defined incision site and the orientation of incision route. When the robot arm locates at
the pre-defined site on the patient’s head, it is fixed. Various medical instruments can be installed
on the tip of the robot arm. The surgeon can insert a medical instrument into the pre-defined site
of the patient’s head, and the surgery can be implemented successfully with the help of this
system. Using a virtual environment his system can also be used to teach and train new surgeons.
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