Title
Planning and simulation of microsurgical laser bone ablation.
Abstract
Laser ablation of hard tissue is not completely understood until now and not modeled for computer-assisted microsurgery. A precise planning and simulation is an essential step toward the usage of microsurgical laser bone ablation in the operating room.Planning the volume for laser bone ablation is based on geometrical definitions. Shape and volume of the removed bone by single laser pulses were measured with a confocal microscope for modeling the microsurgical ablation. To remove the planned volume and to achieve smooth surfaces, a simulation of the laser pulse distribution is developed.The confocal measurements show a clear dependency from laser energy and resulting depth. Two-dimensional Gaussian functions are fitting in these craters. Exemplarily three ablation layers were planned, simulated, executed and verified.To model laser bone ablation in microsurgery the volume and shape of each laser pulse should be known and considered in the process of ablation planning and simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s11548-009-0303-4
Int. J. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Keywords
Field
DocType
confocal microscopy
Biomedical engineering,Microsurgery,Ablation,Hard tissue,Laser,Radiology,Surgery,Medicine,Laser ablation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
2
1861-6429
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.55
5
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lüder Alexander Kahrs1156.60
Jessica Burgner2739.06
Thomas Klenzner3106.34
Jörg Raczkowsky44924.57
Jörg Schipper5108.71
Heinz Wörn6491106.92