First neuronavigation experiences in Uruguay

Author

Carbajal, Guillermo ; Gómez, Alvaro ; Pereyra, Gabriela ; Lima, Ramiro ; Preciozzi, Javier ; Vazquez, Luis ; Villar, Alvaro

Author_Institution

Inst. de Ing. Electr., Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

2317

Lastpage

2320

Abstract

Neuronavigation is the application of image guidance to neurosurgery where the position of a surgical tool can be displayed on a preoperative image. Although this technique has been used worldwide in the last ten years, it was never applied in Uruguay due to its cost. In an ongoing project, the Engineering Faculty (Universidad de la República), the Hospital de Clínicas (Medicine Faculty - Universidad de la República) and the Regional Hospital of Tacuarembó are doing the first experimental trials in neuronavigation. In this project, a prototype based on optical tracking equipment and the open source software IGSTK (Image Guided Surgery Toolkit) is under development and testing.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; medical image processing; neurophysiology; public domain software; surgery; Hospital de Clinicas; IGSTK open source software; Image Guided Surgery Toolkit; Regional Hospital of Tacuarembo; Universidad de la Republica; Uruguay; neuronavigation; neurosurgery image guidance; optical tracking equipment; preoperative image; surgical tool position; Computers; Hospitals; Navigation; Neurosurgery; Prototypes; Tumors; Brain; Computer Communication Networks; Equipment Design; Hospitals; Humans; Monitoring, Intraoperative; Neuronavigation; Neurosurgical Procedures; Software; Treatment Outcome; Uruguay; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627422

Filename

5627422