Overview
- The first book in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject
- Includes technology and applications-oriented chapters written by engineers and physicians
- Features color images
- Provides in-depth coverage of the current tools used in image-guided surgery
- Authored by leading researchers in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Buy print copy
About this book
Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the current technological advances in image-guided surgery. Edited and authored by leading researchers in the field, this volume blends the expertise of both engineers and physicians, offering the latest findings amidst the growing demand for minimally-invasive procedures. Complete with detailed color images, readers will find a description of existing tools such as localizers/tracking systems, augmented reality, rigid body registration and high frequency ultrasound used in various applications, including cranial, orthopedic, and endovascular interventions.
Image-Guided Intervention: Technology and Applications is a useful reference for engineers, physicists, computer scientists and physicians working with image-guidance technology.
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (18 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Terry M Peters has worked in Image-guided Surgery for over 20 years, first at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and currently at the Robarts Research Institute, where he continues his work with image-guided surgery applied to the brain and the heart. At the Robarts he is the Director of the Image-guided Surgery and Therapy research program.
Kevin Cleary is a Research Associate Professor for the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems (ISIS) Center in the Department of Radiology at Georgetown University and the Deputy Director of the Imaging Sciences and Information Systems Center in the Department of Radiology. He is an expert in the field of medical robotics, specializing in the development of technology for image-guided and minimally invasive medical procedures.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Image-Guided Interventions
Book Subtitle: Technology and Applications
Editors: Terry Peters, Kevin Cleary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73858-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73856-7Published: 30 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9733-3Published: 04 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73858-1Published: 21 May 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 557
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Imaging / Radiology, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Minimally Invasive Surgery