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Open AccessRetrospective in silico evaluation of optimized preoperative planning for temporal bone surgery
Robot-assisted surgery at the temporal bone utilizing a flexible drilling unit would allow safer access to clinical targets such as the cochlea or the internal auditory canal by navigating along nonlinear traj...
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Open Accessi3PosNet: instrument pose estimation from X-ray in temporal bone surgery
Accurate estimation of the position and orientation (pose) of surgical instruments is crucial for delicate minimally invasive temporal bone surgery. Current techniques lack in accuracy and/or line-of-sight con...
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High-precision evaluation of electromagnetic tracking
Navigation in high-precision minimally invasive surgery (HP-MIS) demands high tracking accuracy in the absence of line of sight (LOS). Currently, no tracking technology can satisfy this requirement. Electromag...
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Toward an automatic preoperative pipeline for image-guided temporal bone surgery
Minimally invasive surgery is often built upon a time-consuming preoperative step consisting of segmentation and trajectory planning. At the temporal bone, a complete automation of these two tasks might lead t...
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Minimally invasive, multi-port approach to the lateral skull base: a first in vitro evaluation
The aim of the study was to validate a minimally invasive, multi-port approach to the internal auditory canal at the lateral skull base on a cadaver specimen.