Image-Guided Surgery: Page 5

Dutch develop novel 3D method to track central airways

By Cynthia E. Keen

A group from Amsterdam has examined conebeam CT projections of a 3D-printed thorax phantom and used prototype software for template generation, template matching, and triangulation to determine bronchus motion. They think markerless 3D monitoring can help in radiotherapy.

October 4, 2018

Augmented reality guides screw placement in spinal surgery

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Sweden have used augmented reality navigation technology to overlay 3D conebeam CT scans onto a real-time video of patients undergoing spinal surgery, according to a recent article in Spine. The technique improved the accuracy of implanting pedicle screws in these patients.

September 30, 2018

Augmented reality device aids interventional oncology

By Abraham Kim

An Italian-led research team has developed a technique that can use augmented reality instead of conventional intraprocedural imaging to guide needle insertion for interventional procedures, according to research published online on 31 July in European Radiology Experimental.

July 30, 2018

Augmented reality optimizes prostate cancer surgery

By Abraham Kim

Using augmented reality to plan surgery for patients with prostate cancer allows clinicians to prepare for the procedure better than with conventional MRI, according to a poster presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2018 international congress in Berlin.

June 25, 2018

Philips signs deal to buy EPD Solutions

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

In a deal aimed at broadening its image-guided therapy offerings, Royal Philips has agreed to acquire EPD Solutions, a developer of cardiac arrhythmia image-guided therapy technology.

June 4, 2018

Brainlab, Varian team up on product integrations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has signed a deal with Varian Medical Systems to enable interoperability between its ExacTrac software and several Varian radiation oncology systems.

April 2, 2018

Hospitals begin to tap vast potential of 3D printing

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Medical 3D printing services company 3D LifePrints is on the expansion trail. It creates surgical planning models for cardiac, orthopedic, and craniofacial cases, based predominantly on CT and MR images, and it is also focusing on 3D printing of medical device prototypes and surgical tools such as bespoke cutting guides.

March 7, 2018

Philips promotes Azurion research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare said researchers at a Dutch hospital found its Azurion image-guided therapy platform yielded significant clinical workflow benefits over the course of a two-year independent study.

November 13, 2017

Pyrexar brings image-guided therapy system to Germany

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Hyperthermia treatment technology developer Pyrexar Medical has implemented its BSD-2000 3D/MR image-guided hyperthermia cancer treatment system at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.

October 31, 2017

Mazor gets CE Mark for Mazor X

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Surgical navigation software developer Mazor Robotics has obtained the CE Mark for its Mazor X surgical assurance platform.

September 19, 2017

Philips adds to image-guided therapy line at EuroPCR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare is introducing several new image-guided therapy products at this week's EuroPCR 2017 congress in Paris.

May 16, 2017

U.K. firm explores surgery in augmented reality

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A U.K. firm has developed a system that uses Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset as part of an "augmented surgical system" that it believes could be used to aid surgeons during minimally invasive procedures by giving them a 3D interactive perspective of the inside of a patient.

May 11, 2017

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