Robot assisted surgery (RAS) provides medical practitioners with valuable tools, decreasing
strain during surgery and leading to better patient outcomes. While the loss of haptic …

Background User interfaces play a vital role in the planning and execution of an
interventional procedure. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of using …

Background Intraoperative application of tomographic imaging techniques provides a
means of visual servoing for objects beneath the surface of organs. Methods The focus of …

Background Endovascular surgery benefits patients because of its superior short
convalescence and lack of damage to healthy tissue. However, such advantages require the …

Magnetic resonance imaging allows for visualizing detailed pathological and morphological
changes of soft tissue. MR-conditional actuations have been widely investigated for …

Background This study presents user evaluation studies to assess the effect of information
rendered by an interventional planning software on the operator's ability to plan transrectal …

The recent introduction of wireless head-mounted displays (HMD) promises to enhance 3D
image visualization by immersing the user into 3D morphology. This work introduces a …

This work presents a prototype holographic interface (HI) for the 3D visualization of MRI data
for the purpose of planning neurosurgical procedures. The presented HI (i) immerses the …

Motivated by the potential of holographic augmented reality (AR) to offer an immersive 3D
appreciation of morphology and anatomy, the purpose of this work is to develop and assess …

Background and objective Modern imaging scanners produce an ever-growing body of
3D/4D multimodal data requiring image analytics and visualization of fused images …