Image guidance techniques for neurosurgery
Ron Kikinis, Phillip Gleason, William E. Lorensen, William M. Wells, W. Eric L. Grimson, Tomás Lozano‐Pérez, Gil J. Ettinger, Steven F. White, Ferenc Andras Jolesz · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1994
We have combined the use of 3D computer-reconstructed images with a video patient-registration technique to facilitate the guidance of neurosurgery. In addition we have devised an automated image registration process utilizing laser scanning to create a surface model of the patient that can be matched to the 3D computer model.