Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system

Surgical navigation systems can assist doctors in performing more precise and more efficient surgical procedures to avoid various accidents. The near-infrared optical system (NOS) is an important component of surgical navigation systems. However, several surgical instruments are used during surgery,...

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Main Authors: Ken Cai, Rongqian Yang, Qinyong Lin, Zhigang Wang
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Computer Assisted Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24699322.2016.1184312
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Rongqian Yang
Qinyong Lin
Zhigang Wang
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description Surgical navigation systems can assist doctors in performing more precise and more efficient surgical procedures to avoid various accidents. The near-infrared optical system (NOS) is an important component of surgical navigation systems. However, several surgical instruments are used during surgery, and effectively tracking all of them is challenging. A stereo matching algorithm using two intersecting lines and surgical instrument codes is proposed in this paper. In our NOS, the markers on the surgical instruments can be captured by two near-infrared cameras. After automatically searching and extracting their subpixel coordinates in the left and right images, the coordinates of the real and pseudo markers are determined by the two intersecting lines. Finally, the pseudo markers are removed to achieve accurate stereo matching by summing the codes for the distances between a specific marker with the other two markers on the surgical instrument. Experimental results show that the markers on the different surgical instruments can be automatically and accurately recognized. The NOS can accurately track multiple surgical instruments.
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spelling doaj-art-1972ea2becd14d8fa64385f6f9c6d3102025-08-20T02:24:54ZengTaylor & Francis GroupComputer Assisted Surgery2469-93222016-01-01211465510.1080/24699322.2016.1184312Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical systemKen Cai0Rongqian Yang1Qinyong Lin2Zhigang Wang3School of Information Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China;Department of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSurgical navigation systems can assist doctors in performing more precise and more efficient surgical procedures to avoid various accidents. The near-infrared optical system (NOS) is an important component of surgical navigation systems. However, several surgical instruments are used during surgery, and effectively tracking all of them is challenging. A stereo matching algorithm using two intersecting lines and surgical instrument codes is proposed in this paper. In our NOS, the markers on the surgical instruments can be captured by two near-infrared cameras. After automatically searching and extracting their subpixel coordinates in the left and right images, the coordinates of the real and pseudo markers are determined by the two intersecting lines. Finally, the pseudo markers are removed to achieve accurate stereo matching by summing the codes for the distances between a specific marker with the other two markers on the surgical instrument. Experimental results show that the markers on the different surgical instruments can be automatically and accurately recognized. The NOS can accurately track multiple surgical instruments.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24699322.2016.1184312Multiple surgical instrumentsnear-infraredstereo matchingsurgical navigation
spellingShingle Ken Cai
Rongqian Yang
Qinyong Lin
Zhigang Wang
Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
Computer Assisted Surgery
Multiple surgical instruments
near-infrared
stereo matching
surgical navigation
title Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
title_full Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
title_fullStr Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
title_full_unstemmed Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
title_short Tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near-infrared optical system
title_sort tracking multiple surgical instruments in a near infrared optical system
topic Multiple surgical instruments
near-infrared
stereo matching
surgical navigation
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24699322.2016.1184312
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