Planning and simulation of medical robot tasks
Raczkowsky, J.; Bohner, P.; Burghart, C.; Grabowski, H.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 50: 209-214
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 10180542 Document Number: 496074
Complex techniques for planning and performing surgery revolutionize medical interventions. In former times preoperative planning of interventions usually took place in the surgeons mind. Today's new computer techniques allow the surgeon to discuss various operation methods for a patient and to visualize them three-dimensionally. The use of computer assisted surgical planning helps to get better results of a treatment and supports the surgeon before and during the surgical intervention. In this paper we are presenting our planning and simulation system for operations in maxillo-facial surgery. All phases of a surgical intervention are supported. Chapter 1 gives a description of the medical motivation for our planning system and its environment. In Chapter 2 the basic components are presented. The planning system is depicted in Chapter 3 and a simulation of a robot assisted surgery can be found in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 concludes the paper and gives a survey about our future work.