Image-Guided Surgery: Page 5

German team employs AR for CT-guided spine surgery
By Abraham Kim
A group from Germany used augmented reality (AR) technology to overlay CT scans onto patients with spinal lesions -- lowering the radiation dose required for CT-guided surgery while maintaining high navigational accuracy, according to an article published online on 5 April in the European Spine Journal.
April 14, 2019
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3D printing can help reduce tumor surgery time
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from Spain have used a 3D-printed model of the thoracic wall to plan and guide tumor resection for a 64-year-old man -- allowing them to complete the surgery two hours faster than the average operating time.
January 27, 2019
2019 01 28 18 24 8876 2019 01 28 3 D Printed Thorax 20190128183214
US/MRI fusion software enhances prostate biopsies
By Erik L. Ridley
Software that fuses ultrasound and MRI images for guidance of prostate biopsies can help surgeons find clinically significant prostate cancers that would have otherwise been missed, according to research published on 6 December in European Urology.
December 5, 2018
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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
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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
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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
2018 07 31 15 43 7947 2018 07 31 Augmented Reality Interventional 20180731155318
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
2018 06 26 18 02 0868 2018 06 26 Ar Prostate 20180626180126
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
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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
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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
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