Comparison of Relative Accuracy Between a Mechanical and an Optical Position Tracker for Image-Guided Neurosurgery

An essential component in the execution of image-guided surgery is a hand-held probe whose spatial position is tracked during the procedure and displayed on a three-dimensional operative workstation. This paper describes an experiment performed in order to compare the accuracy of a mechanically link...

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Published inJournal of image guided surgery Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 30 - 34
Main Authors Rohling, Robert, Munger, Patrice, Hollerbach, John M., Peters, Terry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 01.01.1995
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FARO surgical arm
OPTOTRAK
position tracking
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Summary:An essential component in the execution of image-guided surgery is a hand-held probe whose spatial position is tracked during the procedure and displayed on a three-dimensional operative workstation. This paper describes an experiment performed in order to compare the accuracy of a mechanically linked pointing device (FARO surgical arm) and an optical position tracker (OPTOTRAK) against a "gold standard."
ISSN:1078-7844
1522-712X
DOI:10.3109/10929089509106823