Abstract
Segmentation of patient data often is a mandatory step for surgical simulations featuring haptic rendering. To alleviate the burden of manual segmentation we chose direct haptic volume rendering based on CT gray values and partially segmented patient data. In this study, the fields of application are lumbar puncture and spinal anesthesia. We focus on a new evaluation method driven by ray-casting to define paths from the skin to the spinal canal. In a comparison of our reference system AcusVR to a newer algorithm, force outputs are found to be similar in 99 % of the tested paths.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2013 |
Editors | Hans-Peter Meinzer, Thomas Martin Deserno, Heinz Handels, Thomas Tolxdorff |
Number of pages | 6 |
Place of Publication | Heidelberg |
Publisher | Springer Vieweg, Berlin Heidelberg |
Publication date | 20.02.2013 |
Pages | 3-8 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-36479-2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-642-36480-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20.02.2013 |
Event | Workshop on Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin 2013 - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: 03.03.2013 → 05.03.2013 |