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Evaluation of Electromagnetic Tracking for Stereoscopic Augmented Reality Laparoscopic Visualization

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Clinical Image-Based Procedures. Translational Research in Medical Imaging (CLIP 2014)

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Without the requirement of line-of-sight, electromagnetic (EM) tracking is increasingly studied and used in clinical applications. We designed experiments to evaluate a commercial EM tracking system in three situations: using the EM sensor by itself; fixing the sensor onto the handle of a stereoscopic (i.e., 3D) laparoscope; and placing the sensor on the outside surface of the head of a laparoscopic ultrasound (LUS) transducer. The 3D laparoscope and the LUS transducer are core elements in our stereoscopic laparoscopic augmented reality visualization system, which overlays real-time LUS image on real-time 3D laparoscopic video for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Jitter error, positional static and dynamic accuracies were assessed with the use of LEGO\(^{\circledR }\) basic bricks and building plates. The results show that the EM tracking system being tested yields satisfactory accuracy results and the attachment of the sensor to the planned positions on the probes is possible.

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  1. Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA

    Xinyang Liu, Sukryool Kang, Emmanuel Wilson, Craig A. Peters, Timothy D. Kane & Raj Shekhar

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  1. Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Marius George Linguraru

  2. Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

    Cristina Oyarzun Laura

  3. Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Raj Shekhar

  4. Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Wesarg

  5. ICREA - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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  6. Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

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  7. Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Nara, Japan

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    Marius Erdt

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Liu, X., Kang, S., Wilson, E., Peters, C.A., Kane, T.D., Shekhar, R. (2014). Evaluation of Electromagnetic Tracking for Stereoscopic Augmented Reality Laparoscopic Visualization. In: Linguraru, M., et al. Clinical Image-Based Procedures. Translational Research in Medical Imaging. CLIP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8680. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13909-8_11

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