When doing image guided surgery, it is important to find a proper alig nment of the coordinate systems for the images and for the tracking system that tracks the positions o f the surgeons tools. This report explores surface based methods for finding such an alignment, using either an optical shape measurement device, or surfaces gathered by passing the tracking tool along the surface of the patien t. Accuracy and usability factors are explored, and compared to existing methods based on finding corresponding points
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-9200 |
Date | January 2005 |
Creators | Augdal, Sigmund |
Publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for datateknikk og informasjonsvitenskap, Institutt for datateknikk og informasjonsvitenskap |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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