Surgical tracking

To be successful in the pharmaceutical market it is vital that data on how your product is progressing and what the competition is doing is constantly updated and evaluated. It is also important to keep track of what might be occurring in alternative fields, which may have an impact on the market. A new surgical technique or new medical device may be introduced that completely alters the way a disease is managed. 

The first step in the production of steel is the removal of impurities from the pig iron. The second step is the addition of carbon, silicon, or any of a variety of transition metals in controlled amounts. Different elements give special properties to the final steel. Some steels are soft and pliable and are used to make things like fence wire. Others are harder and are used to make railroad tracks, girders, and beams. The hardest steels are used In surgical Instruments, drills, and ordinary razor blades. These steels are made from Iron mixed with small amounts of carbon. 

Create real-time virtual reality views of moving anatomy and surgical tools by matching preoperative models from CFT or MRI with intraoperative tracking data... 

A real-time tracking system to follow one or more moving objects (anatomy, surgical tools, or implants)... 

Other navigation systems combine video stream data obtained from endoscopic cameras or surgical microscopes, with data from preoperative studies, such as CT or MRI. The camera is tracked, so its position and orientation during surgery are known and can be shown, after registration, together with the preoperative images. The video stream can be shown side by side with a preoperative study,... 

Birkfellner W, Watzinger F, Wanschitz F, Ewers R, Bergmann H (1998a) Calibration of tracking systems in a surgical environment. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 17 737-742... 

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