Pico Lantern: Surface reconstruction and augmented reality in laparoscopic surgery using a pick-up laser projector
Pico Lantern is a new pick-up miniature laser-projector for laparoscopic surgery. Pico Lantern projects structured light for tissue surface reconstruction. Pico Lantern also projects annotations for augmented reality directly on tissue. Surface accuracy is 0.8mm (plane), 0.3mm (cylinder) and 1.5mm (kidney). Augmented reality was shown for detection and display of pulsating neck vessels.
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