(Source: Johns Hopkins Health System) Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a computerized process that could make minimally invasive surgery more accurate and streamlined using equipment already common in the operating room. In a report published recently in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, the researchers say initial testing of the algorithm shows that their image-based guidance system is potentially superior to conventional tracking systems that have been the mainstay of surgical navigation over the last decade. "Imaging in the operating room opens new possibilities for patient safety and high-precision surgical guidance," says Jeffrey Siewerdsen, Ph.D., a professor of...
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