A CT image just at the plane of a surgical needle shows up, along with the tracked needle moves by a doctor's operation during a procedure in real time in 3D space.
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Pari-path surgical navigation |
Other surgical navigation |
Position accuracy |
about 1~2 mm* in a wide region |
In a region close to sensor |
Direction accuracy |
about 0.50~10 * in a wide region |
N/A |
Needle |
popular needle-liked instruments |
special needles only |
Sensor |
reusable |
expensive, disposal |
Register method (mapping image with world space) |
pari-pathTM method 1. accurate in a wide region 2. register accuracy <1 mm* displayed on the screen 3. no need surgeons to handle markers just a mouse click
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metal-markers method need to handle markers |
sensors as markers 1. good accuracy in a region near to sensors 2. poor accuracy in a region far from sensors 3. no need to handle markers |