Surgical navigation apparatus and method for same

Abstract

A surgical navigation apparatus and a method for same are disclosed. The surgical navigation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a first matching unit which matches the position of a patient and reference image data, using the reference image data of the patient photographed prior to a surgery and patient position data; a second matching unit which matches, on a real-time basis, the patient position data and comparative image data received from a photographing unit; and an image-processing unit which matches, on a real-time basis, the comparative image data and the reference image data using the patient position data. The apparatus of the present invention enables images photographed during the surgery to be provided on a real-time basis, and to be compared with the images photographed prior to the surgery, and enables the provided images, including the current position of an endoscope and peripheral structure, to be outputted in a 3D format, thus increasing convenience for a surgeon.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a medical device and method, and more particularly, to a surgical navigation device and an operating method of the surgical navigation device. Background technique [0002] In medicine, surgery is the process of cutting or incising or otherwise manipulating a patient's skin, mucous membranes, or other tissue using medical equipment to address a pathological condition. Surgical procedures such as laparotomy by incision of the skin to manipulate, reconstruct or remove internal organs may cause problems of blood loss, side effects, pain and scarring, therefore, current surgical methods involving the use of surgical robots are currently considered a A welcome alternative. [0003] In the traditional surgical method, image-guided surgery (IGS, image-guided surgery) is to track the position of surgical instruments in the operating room and visualize the position as overlapping with the patient's diagnostic images, such as CT...

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[0004] However, in the surgical navigation apparatus according to the prior art, not all instruments actually used in the surgery are equipped with position probes, and thus the position has to be detected using a certain probe capable of detecting the position

In addition, surgical navigation equipment can be frequently used when detecting the position in the early stage of surgery, but when the position detection is completed and the actual surgery begins, the pre-stored image data may be different from the image data of the actual surgical site or relative to the actual surgical site. Image data changes so surgical navigation equipment is not used as often

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