Active multispectral illumination and image fusion for retinal microsurgery

Raphael Sznitman, Seth Billings, Diego Rother, Daniel Mirota, Yi Yang, Jim Handa, Peter Gehlbach, Jin U. Kang, Gregory D. Hager, Russell Taylor

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

It has been shown that white light exposure during retinal microsurgeries is detrimental to patients. To address this problem, we present a novel device and image processing tool, which can be used to significantly reduce the amount of phototoxicity induced in the eye. Our device alternates between illuminating the retina using white and limited spectrum light, while a fully automated image processing algorithm produces a synthetic white light video by colorizing non-white light images. We show qualitatively and quantitatively that our system can provide reliable images using far less toxic light when compared to traditional systems. In addition, the method proposed in this paper may be adapted to other clinical applications in order to give surgeons more flexibility when visualizing areas of interest.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInformation Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions - First International Conference, IPCAI 2010, Proceedings
Pages12-22
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event1st International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions, IPCAI 2010 - Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: Jun 23 2010Jun 23 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6135 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other1st International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions, IPCAI 2010
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityGeneva
Period6/23/106/23/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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