Current accuracy of surface matching compared to adhesive markers in patient-to-image registration

ConclusionThe accuracy of navigation systems has not improved over the last decade, with surface matching consistently yielding errors that are twice as large as when point-pair matching with adhesive markers is used. These errors are not reliably reflected by the systems own prediction, when offered. These results are important to make an informed choice between image-to-patient registration strategies, depending on the type of surgery at hand.
Source: Acta Neurochirurgica - Category: Neurosurgery Source Type: research