Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions

CAI: Imaging, Modeling and Visualization.- Visualization and Planning of Neurosurgical Interventions with Straight Access.- Active Multispectral Illumination and Image Fusion for Retinal Microsurgery.- An Iterative Framework for Improving the Accuracy of Intraoperative Intensity-Based 2D/3D Registration for Image-Guided Orthopedic Surgery.- Automatic Phases Recognition in Pituitary Surgeries by Microscope Images Classification.- Clinical Applications and Validation.- C-arm Tracking by Intensity-Based Registration of a Fiducial in Prostate Brachytherapy.- First Animal Cadaver Study for Interlocking of Intramedullary Nails under Camera Augmented Mobile C-arm.- Medical Robotics, Instrumentation, and Modeling.- Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Ultrasound.- New Kinematic Metric for Quantifying Surgical Skill for Flexible Instrument Manipulation.- GPU-Accelerated Robotic Intra-operative Laparoscopic 3D Reconstruction.- A Minimally Invasive Multimodality Image-Guided (MIMIG) Molecular Imaging System for Peripheral Lung Cancer Intervention and Diagnosis.- Simulating Dynamic Ultrasound Using MR-derived Motion Models to Assess Respiratory Synchronisation for Image-Guided Liver Interventions.- Cardiovascular Modeling and Navigation.- Rapid Image Registration of Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography and X-ray Fluoroscopy for the Guidance of Cardiac Interventions.- Patient-Specific Modeling and Analysis of the Mitral Valve Using 3D-TEE.- Evaluation of a 4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction Approach Using an Anthropomorphic Phantom.- Planning, Simulation, and Guidance.- Determination of Pelvic Orientation from Ultrasound Images Using Patch-SSMs and a Hierarchical Speed of Sound Compensation Strategy.- Ultrasound Servoing of Catheters for Beating Heart Valve Repair.- Towards a Verified Simulation Model for Radiofrequency Ablations.- Early Clinical Evaluation of a Computer Assisted Planning System for Deep Brain Surgeries: 1 Year of Clinical Assistance.