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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2025

Stereo reconstruction from microscopic images for computer-assisted ophthalmic surgery.

Rebekka Peter, Sofia Moreira, Eleonora Tagliabue, Matthias Hillenbrand, Rita G Nunes, Franziska Mathis-Ullrich

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Article in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Histology and histopathology · 2025
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6 authors.

Rebekka Peter *Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany. rebekka.peter@zeiss.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-4884
Sofia Moreira *Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany.
Eleonora TagliabueCarl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany.
Matthias HillenbrandCarl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany.
Rita G NunesInstitute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Franziska Mathis-UllrichLaboratory for Surgical Planning and Robotic Cognition (SPARC), Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

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Abstract

purposeThis work presents a novel platform for stereo reconstruction in anterior segment ophthalmic surgery to enable enhanced scene understanding, especially depth perception, for advanced computer-assisted eye surgery by effectively addressing the lack of texture and corneal distortions artifacts in the surgical scene.

methodsThe proposed platform for stereo reconstruction uses a two-step approach: generating a sparse 3D point cloud from microscopic images, deriving a dense 3D representation by fitting surfaces onto the point cloud, and considering geometrical priors of the eye anatomy. We incorporate a pre-processing step to rectify distortion artifacts induced by the cornea's high refractive power, achieved by aligning a 3D phenotypical cornea geometry model to the images and computing a distortion map using ray tracing.

resultsThe accuracy of 3D reconstruction is evaluated on stereo microscopic images of ex vivo porcine eyes, rigid phantom eyes, and synthetic photo-realistic images. The results demonstrate the potential of the proposed platform to enhance scene understanding via an accurate 3D representation of the eye and enable the estimation of instrument to layer distances in porcine eyes with a mean average error of 190

conclusionThis work marks a significant advancement in stereo reconstruction for ophthalmic surgery by addressing corneal distortions, a previously often overlooked aspect in such surgical scenarios. This could improve surgical outcomes by allowing for intra-operative computer assistance, e.g., in the form of virtual distance sensors.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopyOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresSurgery, Computer-AssistedAnimalsCorneaHumansPhantoms, ImagingSwineComputer-assisted ophthalmic surgeryDepth estimationDistortion correctionStereo reconstruction

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PMID38834903
PMCPMC11929700

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