Image Guided and Robot assisted precision surgery

Abstract

Computer aided surgery (CAS) which integrates image guidance with surgical robot technologies is well accepted worldwide because of improved precision and small incisions. In this chapter, three key technologies in CAS will be introduced: (1) image processing based guidance, which involves analysis and integration of multimodality medical information; (2) 3D augmented reality based image guidance, which focuses on intuitive visualization of medical images; (3) various surgical robots that can be implemented precisely to complete complex tasks. Eventually, we discuss the future developments of image guidance and surgical robots in precise CAS.