Linte Cristian A, Yaniv Ziv
Biomedical Engineering and Center for Imaging Science , Rochester Institute of Technology , Rochester , NY 14467 , USA.
Children's National Medical Center , Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation , Washington , DC 20010 , USA.
Healthc Technol Lett. 2014 Jun 16;1(1):2-5. doi: 10.1049/htl.2014.0058. eCollection 2014 Jan.
Computer-assisted interventions are medical procedures that rely on image guidance and computer-based systems to provide visualisation and navigation information to the clinician, when direct vision of the sites or targets to be treated is not available, during minimally invasive procedures. Recent advances in medical image acquisition and processing, accompanied by technological breakthroughs in image fusion, visualisation and display have accelerated the adoption of minimally invasive approaches for a variety of medical procedures. This Letter is intended to serve as a brief overview of available image guidance and computer-assisted technology in the context of popular minimally invasive applications, while outlining some of the limitations and challenges in the transition from laboratory to clinical care.
计算机辅助干预是一种医疗程序，在微创手术过程中，当无法直接看到待治疗的部位或目标时，依靠图像引导和基于计算机的系统为临床医生提供可视化和导航信息。医学图像采集和处理的最新进展，以及图像融合、可视化和显示方面的技术突破，加速了各种医疗程序中微创方法的采用。本信函旨在简要概述在常见微创应用背景下可用的图像引导和计算机辅助技术，同时概述从实验室到临床护理过渡过程中的一些局限性和挑战。
