Open AccessThree-Dimensional Virtual Cholangioscopy
Author(s) -
M. De Simone,
Didier Mutter,
Francesco Rubino,
Erik Dutson,
Catherine Roy,
Luc Soler,
Jacques Marescaux
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000129493.22157.b7
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , radiology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , virtual reality , magnetic resonance imaging , virtual image , 3d reconstruction , medical physics , surgery , artificial intelligence , computer science , pancreatitis
Our goal was to evaluate the clinical reliability of a new software system employing 3-dimensional (3D) virtual anatomic reconstruction and intraluminal virtual exploration for detection of choledocholithiasis and preoperative visualization of the biliary anatomy.