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  • Neurosurgery
  • Medical Imaging
  • Robotics

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  • Neuronavigation systems are critical for surgical precision.
  • Quantifying errors in neuronavigation is essential for improving accuracy.
  • Limited research exists on the specific error contributions during neuronavigation procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure target position and orientation errors in simulated neuronavigation.
  • To identify error sources across different procedural phases using a custom cranial phantom.

Main Methods:

  • A custom cranial phantom with 10 targets was imaged using CT and MRI.
  • An optical tracking system provided ground truth for comparison.
  • Errors were analyzed during imaging, planning, and registration/execution phases.

Main Results:

  • Imaging phase errors: 1.11 mm (position), 3.23° (orientation).
  • Planning phase errors: 1.10 mm (position), 5.55° (orientation).
  • Global errors (registration/execution): 3.93 mm (position), 3.65° (orientation).

Conclusions:

  • Registration and mechanical execution significantly contribute to global position error.
  • Stepwise analysis highlights key phases for error reduction in neuronavigation.