Interactive CT-Video Registration for the Continuous Guidance of Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a major step in lung cancer staging. To perform bronchoscopy, the physician uses a procedure plan, derived from a patient's 3D computed-tomography (CT) chest scan, to navigate the bronchoscope through the lung airways. Unfortunately, physicians vary greatly in their ability to p...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on medical imaging Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 1376 - 1396
Main Authors:	Merritt, Scott A., Khare, Rahul, Bascom, Rebecca, Higgins, William E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States IEEE 01.08.2013
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Algorithms Bronchoscopy Bronchoscopy - methods Cameras Computed tomography endoscopy Female Humans image alignment Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods image-based rendering lung Lung - anatomy & histology Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung - pathology lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Lung Neoplasms - pathology Male Middle Aged Navigation Real-time systems registration Streaming media Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods surgical guidance/navigation Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods virtual bronchoscopy virtual endoscopy virtual/augmented reality X-ray imaging and computed tomography
ISSN:	0278-0062, 1558-254X, 1558-254X
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