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A high resolution bladder wall map: Feasibility study Host Publication: Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Authors: N. Shevchenko,, J. A. Fallert, H. Stepp, H. Sahli, A. Karl and T. C. Lueth Publication Year: 2012 Number of Pages: 4
Abstract: The aim of this work is to provide the surgeo-nurologist
with a system for automatic 2D and 3D reconstruction
of the bladder wall to help him within the
treatment of bladder cancer as well as planning and
documentation of the interventions. Within this small pilot framework
a fast feasibility study was made to clear if it is
generally possible to build a bladder wall model using a special
endoscope with an embedded laser-based distance
measurement, an optical navigation system and modern image
stitching techniques. Some experiments with a realistic bladder
phantom have shown that this initial concept is generally
acceptable and can be used with some extensions to build a
system which can provide an automatic bladder wall
reconstruction in real time to be used within a surgical
intervention.
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