Automated Linear and Non-Linear Path Planning for Neurosurgical Interventions

Steffen Peikert,Christian Kunz,Nikola Fischer,Michal Hlaváč,Andrej Pala,Max Schneider,Franziska Mathis-Ullrich,Steffen Peikert,Christian Kunz,Nikola Fischer,Michal Hlaváč,Andrej Pala,Max Schneider,Franziska Mathis-Ullrich

Recent advances in medical technology have produced a number of flexible instruments that are capable of traversing non-linear paths. This is of special interest in the field of neurosurgery. However, the non-rigid instruments have the disadvantage that path planning becomes increasingly difficult. In addition to anatomical risk factors, the mechanical properties and constraints of the specific in...