About the Book
In "Computer-Integrated Surgery" leading researchers and clinical practitioners describe the partnership that is being forged between surgeons and machines such as computers and robots, enabling them to perform certain skilled tasks better than either can do alone. The 19 chapters in part 1, Technology, explore the components - registration, basic tools for surgical planning, human-machine interfaces, robotic manipulators, safety - that are the basis of computer-integrated surgery. These chapters provide essential background material needed to get up to speed on current work as well as a ready reference for those who are already active in the field. The 39 chapters in part 2, Applications, cover eight clinical areas - neurosurgery, orthopaedics, eye surgery, dentistry, minimal access surgery, ENT surgery, cranio-facial surgery, and radiotherapy - with a concluding chapter on the high-tech operating rooms. Each section contains a brief introduction as well as at least one "requirements and opportunities" chapter written by a leading clincian in the area under discussion.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Technology: data acquisition and segmentation - multimodal information for computer-integrated surgery, Ralph Mosges and Stephane Lavallee, information systems for imaging modalities, Christian F.C. Greinacher, imaging transforms for volume visualization, Jayaram K. Udupa and Roberto J. Goncalves, segmentation of complex three-dimensional medical objects - a challenge and a requirement for computer-assisted surgery planning and performance, Nicholas Ayache et al; registration - registration for computer-integrated surgery - methodology, state of the art, Stephane Lavallee, correlative analysis of three-dimensional brain images, Alan C. Evans et al, anatomy-based registration of three-dimensional medical images, range images, x-ray projections, and three-dimensional models using octree-splines, Stephane Lavallee et al; basic tools for surgical planning - surgical planning using computer-assisted three-dimensional reconstructions, Ron Kikinis et al, three-dimensional imaging in medicine - methods and applications, Andreas Pommert et al, the ANALYZE software system for visualization and analysis in surgery simulation, Richard A. Robb and Dennis P. Hanson, synthetic muscular contraction on facial tissue derived from computerized tomography data, Keith Waters; human-machine interfaces - aspects of ergonomic system design applied to medical work systems, Gunter Rau et al, human factors in telesurgery, Thomas B. Sheridan, virtual reality and surgery, Joseph M. Rosen et al, merging virtual objects with the real world - seeing ultrasound imagery within the patient, Michael Bajura et al; robotic manipulators - general-purpose robotic manipulators - a short survey, Grigore C. Burdea, special-purpose actuators and architectures for surgery robots, Koorosh Khodabandehloo et al, shape memory alloy servo actuator system with electric resistance feedback and application for active endoscope, Koji Ikuta et al; safety - a discussion of safety issues for medical robots, Brian L. Davies. Part 2 Applications: neurosurgery - computer-assisted neurosurgery - needs and opportuntiies, Patrick J. Kelly, computers and robotics in neurosurgery, Takanori Fukushima and Peter Gruen, the neuronavigator - a computer-controlled navigation system in neurosurgery, Eiju Watanabe, neuronavigation - a ten-year review, Hans F. Reinhardt, image-guided operating robot - a clinical application in stereotactic neurosurgery, Stephane Lavallee et al, computer-assisted surgical planning and robotics in stereotactic neurosurgery, Bruce A. Kall, magnetic stereotaxis - computer-assisted, image-guided remote movement of implants in the brain, R.C. Ritter et al; orthopaedics - computer- and robot-assisted orthopaedic surgery, S. David Stulberg and Thomas C. Kienzle III, an image-directed robotic system for precise orthopaedic surgery, Russell H. Taylor et al, the evolution of a surgical robot from prototype to human clinical use, Brent D. Mittelstadt et al. (Part contents).
Review :
"New technologies such as medical imaging, surgical navigation, robotics, virtual reality, and surgical simulation may soon influence the way we design, plan, simulate, and execute surgical procedures. Successful clinical introduction of some of these technologies has emerged as a fast growing field of research and development. This book reflects the current state of the art in computer integrated surgery, providing engineers, scientists, and clinicians with an invaluable reference source on the subject." Dr. Lutz-P. Nolte, Head of the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Division,M.E. Muller Institute for Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland
