Advanced imaging and visualization for computer assisted interventions: motivation, state-of-art and future challenges - Navigated nuclear probes - MISS 2014 (14)

Prof. Nassir Navab (Technical University of Munich, Germany) was one of the speakers of Medical Imaging Summer School (Sicily, July 28-August 1, 2014), here you can find his lecture 1: "Advanced imaging and visualization for computer assisted interventions: motivation, state-of-art and future challenges - Navigated nuclear probes".

Abstract. In this talk, I trace the Freehand SPECT from the early development of research ideas within our multi-disciplinary research laboratory to its deployment in many hospitals around Europe and its introduction to United States. 

I first focus on the theoretical concepts of navigated nuclear probe imaging within operating room. The multi-disciplinary nature of this research guides us through different aspects of medical physics, computer assisted surgery and advanced imaging and visualization. The "real world laboratory" at our university hospital demonstrates its efficiency through the path it smoothly paves into the surgical theatre. 

Afterwards I discuss the introduction of robotic imaging for navigated nuclear imaging. This allows us to provide patient and process specific flexible imaging with much higher reproducibility. Then I talk about the fusion of such imaging with optical and ultrasound imaging providing surgeons with anatomical as well as functional imaging.

Shooting: Lorenzo Di Silvestro, Mauro Sodano
Editing and post-production: Lorenzo Di Silvestro, Agata Ventura