Respiratory motion compensation for the robot-guided laser osteotome.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PMID: 28258401

Abstract

PURPOSE: The use of a robot-guided laser osteotome for median sternotomy is impeded by prohibiting cutting inaccuracies due to respiration-induced motions of the thorax. With this paper, we advance today's methodologies in sternotomy procedures by introducing the concept of novel 3D functional cuts and a respiratory motion compensation algorithm for the computer-assisted and robot-guided laser osteotome, CARLO.

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  • Alina Giger
    Center for medical Image Analysis & Navigation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland. alina.giger@unibas.ch.
  • Christoph Jud
    Center for medical Image Analysis & Navigation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.
  • Philippe C Cattin
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland.

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