Researches and Products
References
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Carnegie Melon University
Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
http://www.mrcas.ri.cmu.edu/index.html
A joint research group for MR&CAS, including surgical robotics for orthopaedics, image overlay for telemedicine.
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Center for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP)
Human-Machine Interface Lab
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab/index.html
Medical application of Virtual Reality (especially force feedback). Several good movies are here.
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Georgetown University Medical Center
Computer Assisted Interventions and Medical Robotics (CAIMR)
http://www.visualization.georgetown.edu/
"The objective of the CAIMR Group is to develop physician-assist systems for precision placement and manipulation of surgical instruments. Current areas of interest include image-guided spine and body interventions, surgical simulation, and prostate biopsy visualization. We work closely with physicians at the Medical Center to integrate new technology into clinical practice and are actively pursuing several related research projects. "
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Graphics Visualization & Usability Center
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/
Research in Virtual Environments and Real-time Deformations for Surgery Simulation. Some movies are available.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Interactive Media Technology Center
http://www.oip.gatech.edu/imtc/html/medicine.html
Force and tactile feedback for surgery. Interactive surgical simulation and tactile devices in eye surgery, endoscopic surgery and remote palpation.
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Harvard Medical School
Surgical Planning Lab.
http://splweb.bwh.harvard.edu:8000/
Wide variety of research in CAS, including image-guided therapy, registration, image processing of MRI, and Harvard Brain Atlas.
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Johns Hopkins University
CISST (Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology)
http://cisstweb.cs.jhu.edu/web/
Computer-integrated surgical (CIS) systems, including surgical CAD/CAM and surgical assistants (intraoperative planning). Directed by Prof. Russell H. Taylor.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence Lab.
http://www.ai.mit.edu/
Image-guided surgery with Harvard Medical School.
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Mayo Clinic
Biomedical Imaging Resource
http://www.mayo.edu/bir/home.html
Famous software ALALYZE(TM) is developed here, by Dr. Richard A. Robb. VRASP (Virtual Reality Assisted Surgical Planning) is their new project for surgical planning and rehearsal, based on ANALYZE(TM).
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NASA JPL
Robot Assisted Microsurgery
http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/tasks/rams/homepage.html
6-DOF master-slave manipulator for microsurgery.
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New York University
Department of Neurology
http://mcns10.med.nyu.edu/index.html
Computer-assisted stereotactic neurosurgery. Dr. Patrick J. Kelly (was at Mayo Clinic) is here now.
Northwestern Unviersity
Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems
http://lims.mech.northwestern.edu/projects/surgery/
Registration in surgical robots for spinal pedicle screw placement.
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Ohio Supercomputer Center
Biomedical Applicatios Research Initiative
http://www.osc.edu/Biomed/
Three-dimensional display of skull base and heart, virtual simulation of regional anesthesia etc.
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Stanford University Medical Center
National Biocomputation Center
http://biocomp.stanford.edu
NBC has various projects in visualization, surgical simulation and planning.
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
Department of Computer Science
http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/
Visualization Lab. develops a visualization library VolVis. 3D Virtual Colonoscopy is one of its application.
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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Neurological Surgery Research
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/neurosurgery/
2ndlevel/physician/research/camis/index.htm
Computer-assisted minimally invasive surgery (CAMIS) system. Intraoperative 3D MRI using ViewPoint and Outlook MRI. A joint effort with Picker International. Grant from NASA.
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University of California at Berkeley
Medical Robotics
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcenk/medical/
Surgical robots as laparoscopic manipulators and endoscopic manipulators.
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University of Chicago
Departments of Neurosurgery
http://surgery.uchicago.edu/Neurosurgery/
Frameless Stereotaxy with Real-time Tracking of Patient Head Frameless Stereotaxy with Real-time Tracking of Patient Head Pixsys.
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University of Colorado Health Science Center
Center for Human Simulation
http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/chs/
As an primary contractor of the Visible Human Project, they created the Visible Human Male and Female datasets. 3D images of the datases are also available.
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University of Pennsylvania
Medical Image Processing Group
http://mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu/
3D medical image visualization and its application, such as 3DVIEWNIX. Prof. J. K. Udupa is here.
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University of Pittsburgh
Department of Neurosurgery
http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/
Image guided gamma knife simulation.
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University of Washington
Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab)
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/
VR based surgical simulation for endoscopic sinus surgery, as Medical Interface Projects.
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Europe
Aachen University of Technology
Surgical Therapy Technology Research Group
http://www.hia.rwth-aachen.de/research/cht/indexE.html
Surgical Technology Lab has a research projects in surgical robotics, medical virtual reality etc. They also have interest in the safety of surgical robots and ergonomics in surgery.
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Bayerisches Forschungszentrum fur Wissensbasierte Systeme
CARS 98 Project
http://wwwradig.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/forschung/cars98/cars98.html
Surgical simulation for robotic orthopaedic surgery, and planning of radiosurgery
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c a e s a r
Research Triplet - Computer Aided Surgery
http://www.caesar.de/english/index/
research_in_triplets_b.html
Three research groups (Surgical Systems Laboratory Group, Holography and Laser Technology Group and Rapid Prototyping Group) cover the various aspects of CAS. I found lots of their presentation in CARS2001.
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Charite HU-Berlin
Surgical Robotics Lab
http://www.charite.de/rv/mkg/srl
Navigation supported intra-operative CT, markerless registration, computer-aided treatment planning, robots for instrument guidance, for maxillo-, craniofacial, plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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Grenoble Institute of Information and Applied Mathematics
Computer Assisted Surgery and Medicine Team
http://www-timc.imag.fr/gmcao/
All pages are written in French... Wide spread of researches, from 3-D image processing, surgical simulation to surgical robots. PADyC is a "passive robot" (that means, the robot itself never moves unless the assistance of surgeons).
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Imperial College: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory
http://www.me.ic.ac.uk/case/mim/
"Research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College culminated, in 1991, in a "World First" with the demonstration of robotic prostate surgery. This robot was the first to actively remove tissue from a human patient in an operating theatre. More recently, Imperial College has created a spin-out company to exploit research results in orthopaedic robotic surgery - The Acrobot Company Ltd (www.acrobot.co.uk). A vast list of products is planned and the first Acrobot(tm) (AcroPlan and AcroKnee) entered clinical trials in June 2001."
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INRIA
EPIDAURE project
http://www.inria.fr/Equipes/EPIDAURE-eng.html
The goal is to develop new tools to analyze medical images for diagnosis, therapy and surgical operation simulation.
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INRIA
CHIR: Surgery, Computer Science and Robotics
http://www-sop.inria.fr/chir/
Chir is a project of the French National Institute INRIA. We work on numerous fields of Computer aided surgery, such as modeling of deformable organs, planning and simulation of robotic procedures, stereo vision, enhanced reality, safe software integration... The main application is totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting using the da Vinci Robotic System from Intuitive Surgical. (text by Olivier Bantiche)
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King's College London
Computational Imaging Science Group (CISG)
http://www-ipg.umds.ac.uk/cisg/index.htm
Image registration, image-guided surgery and a tele-surgery system "MIDSTEP" (Multimedia Interactive DemonStrator TElePresence).
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Virtual Reality and Active Interfaces (VRAI) group
http://vrai-group.epfl.ch/
They are investigating 3D model reconstruction (CT, MRI, etc.), 3D model update from intra-operative data and fusion with preoperative data, and 3D intra-operative positioning techniques using augmented reality (video with graphical overlays and haptic feedback). This is a part of Swiss national project for COmputer aided and image guided MEdical interventions (CO-ME).
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Technical University of Berlin
Computer Assisted Medicine
http://cg.cs.tu-berlin.de/
Computer aided diagnosis, therapy and 3D navigation.
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The University of Hull
Hull Medical Engineering Centre
http://www.hull.ac.uk/courses/pg/
pg_comp_sci_sim_and_visual.html
Surgical planning and computer guided cannula, using trajectory tactician (a kind of 3D digitizing arm), for hip joint surgery.
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United Medical & Dental Schools
Computational Imaging Science Group
http://www-ipg.umds.ac.uk/cisg/
Image fusion (CT, MR and MRA) for skull base surgery. Organ deformation assessment.
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University of Rennes 1
IDM Lab
http://idm.univ-rennes1.fr/indexgb.html
"Our main topics concerns image guided neurosurgery from planning to surgery (Visualization, Planning, Simulator, Treatment, Navigation and Education)."
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Japan
Chukyo University
School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Hasegawa Laboratory
http://www.hasegawa.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/index.html
3D simulation and visualization of human motion, and computer aided diagnosis from 3D CT images.
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Keio University School of Medicine
Department of Plastic Surgery
http://www.prs.med.keio.ac.jp/
Simulation of plastic surgery, and laser lithography modeling. Only a publication list is available.
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Kyoto University
Department of Medical Informatics
http://www.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/Official/medinfo/
(No English page available) Knowledge DB, XML for clinical use, simulation for hospital management, hospital information system, VR simulation, and tele-robotic surgery systems.
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Kyushu University
CAMIT
Center for Integration of Advanced Medicine, Life Science and Innovative Technology
http://www.camit.org/english/index.html
Development of surgical robotic systems
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Nagoya University
Dept.of Eng., Biomedical Micro System Engineering Lab. (Ikuta Lab.)
http://biomicro.ikuta.mech.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~ikuta/
In the field of mechanics for CAS, it is one of the famous laboratory in Japan. Medical microactuator and micro-biomechanics are the ones of their projects.
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Nagoya University
Dept. of Information Engineering, Murase Laboratory
http://www.murase.nuie.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
Computer aided diagnosis and simulation. Former Toriwaki Lab.
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Nagoya University
Graduate School of Infomation Science, Suenaga Laboratory
http://www.suenaga.cse.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index.en
Medical image processing, including virtual endoscope system.
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Surgical Assist Technology Group
http://unit.aist.go.jp/humanbiomed/surgical/index.html
Wide variety of CAS researches, including surgical robots, soft tissue deformation, medical imaging, MR compatibility, surgical navigation and human-machine interaction for surgery. AIST is the new and largest national institute in Japan, established in 2001.
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Osaka University
Division of Interdisciplinary Image Analysis
http://www.image.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/
Medical application of image processing, such as Computer-aided osteotomy and 3D measurement for thickness of hip joint cartilage.
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Tokai University
Dept. of Informatics and Communication Technology, Sutoh Lab.
http://sutou.fc.u-tokai.ac.jp/
Medical image processing and three-dimensional visualization in Dr. Sutou's laboratory. Mostly written in Japanese.
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Tokyo Denki University
Dept. of Life Sciences and Engineering, Advanced Theraputic engineering Laboratory
http://www.atl.b.dendai.ac.jp/lab
Main research topics of our lab are 'medical image processing', 'medical image visualization' and 'medical mechatronics system (robot)'. Especially we're focusing on developing 'intelligent devices for catheter guidance for neurosurgery and orthopediac surgery' and 'Image overlay guidance for interventional MRI and interventional X-ray CT' to realize Minimally Invasive Therapy.
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Tokyo Women's Medical University
Faculty of Advanced Techno-Surgery
http://www.twmu.ac.jp/ABMES/FATS/
"In our faculty, we research and develop technologies which improve the safety of surgery. ... To achieve them, we are trying to develop new technology that assists surgery in cooperation between staff from industries, universities, and government, under the idea of Medical/Engineering Cooperation and Speed & Innovation." (from website)
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University of Tokyo
Dept. of Eng., Networked Manufactuaring Lab. (Mitsuishi Lab.)
http://www.nml.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Tele-micro-surgery system (no english text available). They succeeded to control a slave manipulator in Okayama (700 km west of Tokyo) from Tokyo.
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University of Tokyo
Dept. of Eng., Nakamura-Okada Laboratory
http://www.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Medical robots, such as a manipulator for endoscopic surgery.
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University of Tokyo
Dept. of Environmental Studies, Biomedical Precision Engineering Laboratory
http://bme.pe.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
Three-dimensional image reconstruction, surgical simulation, intraoperative surgical navigation, surgical robots.
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University of Tokyo
Advanced Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory
http://www.atre.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
A new laboratory of Computer Aided Surgery and welfare technology in University of Tokyo, established in 2001. English page is under construction.
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institute of Computer Science
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/
Simulations for total hip replacement surgery, image-guided bone fracture surgery.
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University of Auckland
The Bioengineering Institute
http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Groups/Bioengineering/
Cardiac data analysis, three-dimensional reconstruction of organs, and mathematical modeling. New project of Virtual Eye Surgery, with McGill University in Montreal. A lot of images and movies.
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Products
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(former) Computer Motion
ZEUS, AESOP
http://www.computermotion.com/
A Company for development and selling medical robotic devices. AESOP 1000 is an interactive positioning system of laparoscope. ZEUS(tm) is a minimal invasive surgery robot, mainly for cardiac surgery. It was merged into Intuitive Surgical, in June 30, 2003.
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AnalyzeDirect.com, Inc.
ANALYZE
http://www.analyzedirect.com
A famous visualization software developped by Mayo Foundation. Tcl/Tk enhanced version 8.0 is released. AVW, a library of imaging functions is available.
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Armstrong Healthcare Limited
PathFinder, EndoAssist
http://www.armstrong-healthcare.com/
PathFinder is designed to place a surgical instrument at a chosen target in the brain. EndoAssist holds a conventional laparoscopic telescope and camera and moves it in response to intuitive head movements made by the user.
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Artma Medizintechnik GmbH
ARTMA Virtual patient
http://www.artma.com/
Endoscopic navigation system and telesurgery with ARTMA (Advanced Real Time Motion Analysis) Virtual Patient Technology (R).
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Boston Dynamics, Inc.
Surgical Simulation with Force Feedback
http://www.bdi.com/
A surgical simulator with real-time force feedback and 3D graphics.
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Carl Zeiss
OPMI Neuro, MKM
http://www.zeiss.de/
OPMI Neuro is a surgical microscope with image-guided navigation function. Infrared position sensor (FlashPoint, I think) is used. Current focal point and the targets are superimposed on its view. Zeiss's another image-guided microscope, MKM, is a so-called robotic microscope. Too big and heavy.
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Cedara Software (former I.S.G. Technologies Inc.)
Imaging Application Platform
http://www.cedara.com/
Cedara's Imaging Application Platform (IAP) is a complete software development environment for the creation of powerful high-performance medical imaging application products. Cedara complements customers' in-house development, creating healthcare application products.
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Given Imaging Ltd.
M2A
http://www.givenimaging.com/
M2A is a swallowable video capsule for use in diagnosing disorders. It has received CE-Mark, but not been cleared for the use in US.
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Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi Hybrid Network Co., Ltd.)
Naviot (MTLP-1)
http://www.hitachi-hybrid.co.jp/
Naviot is Japan's first surgical assist robot that received the Approval of Medical Devices by MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan). It is an endoscopic navigation robot developed with Tokyo University and Kyushu University. No English page available.
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Immersion
Virtual Laparoscopic Interface
http://www.immerse.com/
Known as their products of 3D digitizing hardware and force feedback hardware, laparoscopic surgical simulators are developed.
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Implant Logic Systems
Compu-Guide Surgical Template System
http://www.implantlogic.com/
"We manufacture custom computer-milled surgical guides for oral implant surgeries from CT-based dental implant planning tools."
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Integrated Surgical Systems
Robodoc, Orthodoc, NeuroMate
http://www.robodoc.com/
Robodoc is the world's first commercialized robotic surgery system, developed by Prof. Russell H. Taylor (formerly IBM). It creates an exact implant cavity in the patient femur during Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Over 6000 cases has been done by this system (July 2000). Orthodoc is a pre-surgical planning software for THA. NeuroMate is a computer-controlled, image-directed robotic assistant for stereotactic neurosurgery.
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Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
da Vinci Surgical System
http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/
Their micro-surgery robot, da Vinci Surgical System, has received FDA approval in June 1999. Over 250 operations has been done using da Vinci, mainly in cardiac procedures. In 2003, it has merged with Computer Motion.
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Khoral Research, Inc.
Khoros
http://www.khoral.com/
Three-dimensional visualization software for medical images.
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Medtronic Sofamor Danek
StealthStation, ViewScope, Insight, Viewing Wand, SurgiScope, SonoNav
http://www.sofamordanek.com/
A leading company of image-guided surgery system. StealthStation is a best-selling navigation system (70% in US market) for neuro, ENT and spinal surgery. One of its module, SonoNav, provides real-time ultrasound images correlated with MR or CT images. As of March 15, 2000, customer's support of Elekta's former image-guided surgery products, including ViewScope (a Leica's surgical microscope with infrared pointing device), Insight (a navigation software for ViewScope), Viewing Wand (an articulated arm for navigation) and SurgiScope (a ceiling-mounted robotic tool support system) are transfered to Medtronic.
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Mizuho Ltd.
NeuroNavigator
http://www.mizuho.co.jp/main/products-item2.html
NeuroNavigator is an articulated-arm navigator for neurosurgery, developed with Dr. Eiju Watanabe at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital. Japanese pages only.
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RF SYSTEMlab.
NORIKA3, NORIKA Jr., NOKKO1
http://www.rfnorika.com/
NORIKA3, NORIKA Jr. and NOKKO1 are 'capsule' endoscope, with external wireless controller. NORIKA Jr. is smaller version, and NOKKO1 is for fetal treatment.
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Shimadzu
CANS Navigator
http://www.shimadzu.com/
A frameless, armless neurosurgical navigator developed with Osaka University Medical School. Electromagnetic position sensor (maybe it is Fastrak sensor by Polhemus) is used.
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The MIT AI Lab and the SPL at BWH
3D Slicer
http://www.slicer.org
The 3D Slicer is freely available, open-source software for visualization, registration, segmentation, and quantification of medical data.
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Volume Interactions
Dextroscope, VizDexter
http://www.volumeinteractions.com
Dextroscope is a 3D input device with augmented reality technology, and VizDexter is a general purpose interaction software run on Dextroscope. Medicine is one of the major applications of them.
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