In recent years, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has gained increasing attention not only as an imaging device, but also as a guidance system for surgical interventions. In this contribution, we propose OCT as an external high-accuracy guidance system, and present an experimental setup of an OCT combined with a cutting laser. This setup enables not only in situ monitoring, but also automatic, high-accuracy, three-dimensional navigation and processing. Its applicability is evaluated simulating a robotic assisted surgical intervention, including planning, navigation, and processing. First results demonstrate that OCT is suitable as a guidance system, fulfilling accuracy demands of interventions such as the cochlear implant surgery. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.
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Díaz, J. D., Kundrat, D., Goh, K. F., Majdani, O., & Ortmaier, T. (2013). Towards intra-operative OCT guidance for automatic head surgery: First experimental results. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8151 LNCS, pp. 347–354). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40760-4_44
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