Camera-augmented mobile C-arm (CAMC) application: 3D reconstruction using a low-cost mobile C-arm

N. Navab, M. Mitschke, O. Schütz

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Abstract

High-end X-ray C-arm gantries have recently been used for 3D reconstruction. Low-cost mobile C-arms enjoy the advantage of being readily available and are often used as interventional imaging device, but do not guarantee the reproducibility of their motion. The calibration and reconstruction process used for high-end C-arms cannot be applied to them. Camera-Augmented Mobile C-arm (CAMC) is the solution we propose. A CCD camera is attached to the (motorized) mobile C-arm in order to calibrate the C-arm’s projection geometry on-line. The relationship between X-ray and camera projection geometry is characterized in an off-line calibration process. We propose the notion of Virtual Detector (VD), which enables us to describe both optical and X-ray geometry as pinhole cameras with fixed intrinsic parameters. We have conducted experiments in order to compare the results of CAMC calibration with the calibration method used for high-end C-arms and using an optical tracking system (Polaris from Northern Digital, Inc.).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention –MICCAI 1999 - 2nd International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsChris Taylor, Alain Colchester
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages688-698
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)354066503X, 9783540665038
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 1999 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Sep 199922 Sep 1999

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1679
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 1999
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period19/09/9922/09/99

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