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A modular software system for computer-aided surgery and its first application in oral implantology
W Birkfellner1, K Huber, A Larson
1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, University of Vienna General Hospital, Austria. Wolfgang.Birkfellner@univie.ac.at
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
|October 12, 2000
Summary
We developed a programming environment to streamline complex software for image-guided therapy (IGT). This accelerates the creation of new IGT applications, like the VISIT navigation system for implant dentistry.
Area of Science:
- Medical Imaging
- Software Engineering
- Computer-Aided Surgery
Background:
- Developing complex software for image-guided therapy (IGT) is labor-intensive, particularly for image processing and graphical user interfaces (GUI).
- Significant manpower is required for basic functionalities, hindering rapid application development in IGT.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a novel programming environment designed to accelerate the development of IGT software applications.
- To introduce VISIT, a navigation system for computer-aided implant dentistry, as a successful application of this environment.
Main Methods:
- Combined the AVW image processing library, custom patient-to-image registration, and hardware interfaces.
- Utilized Tcl/Tk scripting language for intuitive GUI development.
- Applied the environment to create the VISIT navigation system for implant dentistry.
Main Results:
- Successfully developed VISIT, a navigation system for computer-aided implant dentistry.
- Parts of the development environment have been made publicly accessible.
- Demonstrated accelerated development of exploratory IGT applications.
Conclusions:
- The developed programming environment effectively reduces the manpower needed for IGT software development.
- This approach is well-suited for accelerating the creation of novel and exploratory IGT applications.
- Future work includes integrating video input for ultrasound and fluoroscopy.