Virtual Endoscopy of the Ventricular System of the Human Brain (Virtual Ventriculoscopy)

Based on a MRI scan of the human head, virtual endoscopy methods were applied to plan the endoscopic intervention in the ventricular system of human brain. In the future, we plan to combine the virtual endoscopy system with a 3D navigation system to provide better navigation during the actual procedure.
This project is a collaboration of

• Dirk Bartz, WSI/GRIS, Univ. of Tübingen,
• Özlem Gürvit, Dorothea Welte, and Martin Skalej,
  Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Tübingen
• Dirk Freudenstein and Frank Duffner.
  Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen

• Bartz, D., Hoffmann, J., Freudenstein, D., Gürvit, Ö., Schiffbauer, H., Duffner, F., and Straßer, W.:
  " Integration von Navigation, optischer und virtueller Endoskopie in der Neuro- sowie Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie",
  In 1. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer-und Roboterassistierte
  Chirurgie e.V. (CURAC), Leipzig, 2002.
  (Won the NDI Young Investigator Award)
• Freudenstein, D., Wagner, A., Gürvit, Ö., Bartz, D., and Duffner, F.:
  " Simultaneous Virtual Representation of Both Vascular And Neural Tissue Within
  the Subarachnoid Space of the Basal Cistern - Technical Note".
  Medical Science Monitor, Vol 8, No. 9, 2002.
• Bartz, D., Straßer, W., Gürvit, Ö., Freudenstein, D., and Skalej, M. :
  " Interactive and Multi-modal Visualization for Neuroendoscopic Interventions",
  In Symposium on Visualization 2001, Ascona, 2001. (approx. 201 KB)
  
• Freudenstein, D., Bartz, D., Skalej, M., and Duffner, F.:
  " A New Virtual System for Planning of Neuroendoscopic Interventions",
  In Computer Aided Surgery Vol. 6(2), 2001.
  (not yet available here)
• Bartz, D., Skalej, M., Welte, D., Duffner, F., and Straßer, W.:
  " A Virtual Endoscopy System for the Planning of Endoscopic Interventions
  in the Ventricular System inside of the Human Brain.",
  In BiOS'99, San Jose, 1999.
  (approx. 511KB)
• Bartz, D., Skalej, M., Welte, Straßer, W., D., Duffner, F., and D. Freudenstein:
  " VIVENDI - Ein Planunggssystem für minimal-invasive Eingriffe in der Neurochirurgie.",
  In BVM'99, Heidelberg, 1999.
  (approx. 87KB)
• Bartz, D. and Skalej, M.:
  " VIVENDI - A Virtual Ventricle Endoscopy System for Virtual Medicine.",
  In Symposium on Visualization'99, Wien, 1999. (approx. 151KB)
  
• Skalej, M., Bartz, D., and Duffner, F.:
  "VIVENDI - virtuelle Ventrikelendoskopie", Poster.
  In Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie, Bad Homburg, 1998.
  (not available)

		Left Lateral Ventricle, approach from the Posterior Horn towards the Anterior Horn.
		Formen of Monroi, approach from Right Lateral Ventricle.
		Forman of Monroi (left and right), approach from Third Ventricle.

• Video One : Synchronous endoscopic intervention (Format: mpeg, approx. 11 MB)
• Video Two : Full virtual views of video one (Format: mpeg, approx. 3 MB).