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The protection of soft tissue structures behind the ablated bone in skull base surgery is mandatory. As the destruction of the membrane lining the inner ear can lead to a damage of organ functions (e.g. deafness or vertigo) a precise bone tissue removal by a laser ablation setup is investigated. For the detection of the boundary between soft tissue and bone the ablation area and rate are monitored by a video camera. Through this the laser is guided across the ablation area by image processing technologies. An aim of this project is a defined, navigated-controlled and laser based bone removal for the future buildup of a robot based surgical laser instrument. This publication describes the setup of our video controlled laser ablation system, initial experiments and results.
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Kahrs, L.A. et al. (2007). Video Camera Based Navigation of a Laser Beam for Micro Surgery Bone Ablation at the Skull Base — Setup and Initial Experiments. In: Buzug, T.M., Holz, D., Bongartz, J., Kohl-Bareis, M., Hartmann, U., Weber, S. (eds) Advances in Medical Engineering. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68764-1_36
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