@inproceedings{5a0148a3e2b3482b92f20f7cbf8d3c05,
title = "MR-based real time path planning for cardiac operations with transapical access",
abstract = "Minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) have been perpetually evolving due to their potential high impact on improving patient management and overall cost effectiveness. Currently, MIS are further strengthened by the incorporation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for amended visualization and high precision. Motivated by the fact that real-time MRI is emerging as a feasible modality especially for guiding interventions and surgeries in the beating heart; in this paper we introduce a real-time path planning algorithm for intracardiac procedures. Our approach creates a volumetric safety zone inside a beating heart and updates it on-the-fly using real-time MRI during the deployment of a robotic device. In order to prove the concept and assess the feasibility of the introduced method, a realistic operational scenario of transapical aortic valve replacement in a beating heart is chosen as the virtual case study.",
keywords = "Beating Heart, Image Guided Surgeries, Real time MRI",
author = "Erol Yeniaras and Navkar, {Nikhil V.} and Sonmez, {Ahmet E.} and Shah, {Dipan J.} and Zhigang Deng and Tsekos, {Nikolaos V.}",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-23623-5_4",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783642236228",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
number = "PART 1",
pages = "25--32",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - 14th International Conference, Proceedings",
edition = "PART 1",
note = "14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 ; Conference date: 18-09-2011 Through 22-09-2011",
}