Object tracking is a key enabling technology in the context of computer-assisted medical
interventions. Allowing the continuous localization of medical instruments and patient …

Registration of pre-and intra-interventional data is one of the key technologies for image-
guided radiation therapy, radiosurgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, and …

The impressive development of medical imaging technology during the last decades
provided physicians with an increasing amount of patient specific anatomical and functional …

Methods and apparatus provide continuous guidance of endoscopy during a live procedure.
A data-set based on 3D image data is pre-computed including reference information …

Visual Computing for Medicine, Second Edition, offers cutting-edge visualization techniques
and their applications in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book includes …

When choosing an electromagnetic tracking system (EMTS) for image‐guided procedures
several factors must be taken into consideration. Among others these include the system's …

We report a self-powered, single-electrode-based triboelectric sensor (SE-TES) array for
detecting object motion inside of a plastic tube. This innovative, cost-effective, simple …

A technician-free strategy enables real-time guidance of bronchoscopy. The approach uses
measurements of the bronchoscope's movement to predict its position in 3D virtual space …

Despite rapid developments in the research areas of medical imaging, medical image
processing, and robotics, the use of computer assistance in surgical routine is still limited to …

The trend toward minimally invasive surgical interventions has created new challenges for
visualization during surgical procedures. However, at the same time, the introduction of high …