Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1489997334 ISBN 13: 9781489997333

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the current technological advances in image-guided surgery. Edited and authored by leading researchers in the field, this volume blends the expertise of both engineers and physicians, offering the latest findings amidst the growing demand for minimally-invasive procedures. Complete with detailed color images, readers will find a description of existing tools such as localizers/tracking systems, augmented reality, rigid body registration and high frequency ultrasound used in various applications, including cranial, orthopedic, and endovascular interventions.

Image-Guided Intervention: Technology and Applications is a useful reference for engineers, physicists, computer scientists and physicians working with image-guidance technology.

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About the Author

Terry M Peters has worked in Image-guided Surgery for over 20 years, first at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and currently at the Robarts Research Institute, where he continues his work with image-guided surgery applied to the brain and the heart. At the Robarts he is the Director of the Image-guided Surgery and Therapy research program.

Kevin Cleary is a Research Associate Professor for the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems (ISIS) Center in the Department of Radiology at Georgetown University and the Deputy Director of the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems Center in the Department of Radiology. He is an expert in the field of medical robotics, specializing in the development of technology for image-guided and minimally invasive medical procedures.

From the Back Cover

Responding to the growing demand for minimally invasive procedures, Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications provides a cohesive overview of the current technological advances in image-guided surgery, and their applications in the clinical environment.

Detailed images guide readers through the latest techniques, including cranial, orthopedic, and abdominal interventions. All the important technologies are covered, including localizers/tracking systems, augmented reality, rigid and non-rigid registration, radiosurgery, and high frequency ultrasound.

Edited and authored by leading researchers in the field, Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications is an essential reference for engineers, physicists, computer scientists, and physicians developing or using image-guided approaches for surgery and therapy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1489997334
• ISBN 13: 9781489997333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 589
• Editor: Peters Terry, Cleary Kevin