A real-time optical 3D tracker for head-mounted display systems
I3D '90 Proceedings of the 1990 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics
Merging virtual objects with the real world: seeing ultrasound imagery within the patient
SIGGRAPH '92 Proceedings of the 19th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Technologies for augmented reality systems: realizing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies
SIGGRAPH '96 Proceedings of the 23rd annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Linear N-Point Camera Pose Determination
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Fusion of data from head-mounted and fixed sensors
IWAR '98 Proceedings of the international workshop on Augmented reality : placing artificial objects in real scenes: placing artificial objects in real scenes
Computer and Robot Vision
Recent Advances in Augmented Reality
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Augmented Reality Visualization for Laparoscopic Surgery
MICCAI '98 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
MICCAI '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-Part II
ISMAR '02 Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Optical Versus Video See-Through Head-Mounted Displays in Medical Visualization
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
Stereo Augmented Reality in the Surgical Microscope
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
An augmented interface to audio-video components
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
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Augmented Reality is an emerging technology that seeks to enhance a user's view by overlaying graphical information. We developed a prototype AR system geared for medical applications. It is built around a stereoscopic head-mounted display of the video-see-through variety. The newest generation of this prototype system exhibits high performance on a standard PC platform. Stereoscopic video images are augmented with medical graphics in real-time at 30 frames per second and with XGA (1024脳 768) resolution. The system provides a compelling AR perception: the graphics appears firmly anchored in the scene--there is no time lag between video and graphics or any apparent jitter of the graphics. With the head-mounted display, the user has a natural and direct access to understanding the 3D structure of the scene, based on both stereo and kinetic depth cues. In the present paper, we describe in detail the architecture and several features of the AR prototype system. Head tracking is accomplished with a single-camera system, with the dedicated tracker camera placed on the head-mounted display. This configuration is the foundation of achieving a high-accuracy graphics overlay. We are now exploring the use of the prototype system for a variety of medical applications. This paper gives an overview over the pre-clinical tests that we have performed for interventional guidance. Overall, the feedback has been very positive and encouraging, and we are continuing to work towards realizing the clinical potential of the technology.