loading...
 This Article 
   
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
Sixth IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV'02)
Viewing Enhancement in Video-Endoscopy
Orlando, Florida
December 03-December 04
ISBN: 0-7695-1858-3
Dan Koppel, University of California
Yuan-fang Wang, University of California
Hua Lee, University of California
Video-endoscopy (Figure 1), a mode of minimally invasive surgery, has proven to be significantly less invasive to the patient. However, it creates a much more complex operation environment that requires the surgeon to operate through a video interface. Visual feedback control and image interpretation can be difficult. Poor visual feedback in video-endoscopy prolongs the operation time, increases the risk to the patient, and drives up the cost of health care. It is a major roadblock in replacing the traditional, highly traumatic open surgical procedures with the much less invasive, more patient friendly video-endoscopy, and in training the surgeons to master this new mode of operation. Our research objective is thus to design, code, and validate on real images novel image analysis and rectification algorithms to enhance the visual feedback to the surgeon in video-endoscopy.
Index Terms:
computer-assisted medicine, eight-point algorithm, endoscopy, feature tracking
Citation:
Dan Koppel, Yuan-fang Wang, Hua Lee, "Viewing Enhancement in Video-Endoscopy," wacv, pp.304, Sixth IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV'02), 2002
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.