Mapping Template Heart Models to Patient Data Using Image Registration

Currently, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) faces several limitations, including inadequate training methods using non-realistic models, insufficient surgery planning using 2D images, and the lack of global, 3D guidance during the procedure. To address these issues we are developing the Virtual Cardiac Surgery Platform (VCSP) – a virtual reality model of the patient specific thorax, derived from pre-procedural images. Here we present …