SURGICAL NAVIGATION INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING SYSTEM
Computer assisted surgery also known as computer aided surgery, computer assisted intervention, image guided surgery and surgical navigation represent a surgical concept and set of methods that use computer technology for pre-surgical planning and for guiding or performing surgical interventions.
Computer assisted surgery is based on the premise of a much better visualization of the operative field by using surgical planning in a preoperative virtual environment. Image guided surgery and surgical navigation allow the surgeon to easily assess most of the surgical difficulties and risks and to have a clear idea about how to optimize the surgical approach and decrease surgical morbidity. During the operation, the computer guidance improves the geometrical accuracy of the surgical gestures and also reduces the redundancy of the surgeons acts.
