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Image-guided navigation is the use of medical images that are matched to the corresponding patient anatomy to assist the physician in a surgical procedure. Image-guided navigation can provide an augmented reality view of the position of surgical tools relative to the anatomy of interest to enable more precise and minimally invasive interventions. While there are several commercial companies selling image-guided navigation systems, the field itself is relatively young, dating back just over 20 years at this juncture. Recent advances in computing power and other technologies such as tracking systems have enabled the rapid development of this field. The clinical applications of image-guided navigation are diverse, ranging from cranial tumor resection to spinal pedicle screw placement to transbronchial biopsy, as just a few examples.

This chapter will give an overview of image-guided navigation and identify the components of an image-guided system. The chapter will begin with a brief historical review then give an overview of the application areas for image-guided navigation, followed by a review of component technologies.

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    The IGSTK core development team has now moved to Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

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  1. Bioengineering Initiative, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Washington, DC, USA

    Kevin Cleary PhD & Emmanuel Wilson MSc

  2. Functional Neurosurgery Section, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Sebastian Ordas

  3. Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Filip Banovac

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  1. National Center for Image Guided Therapy, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ferenc A. Jolesz

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Cleary, K., Wilson, E., Ordas, S., Banovac, F. (2014). Navigation. In: Jolesz, F. (eds) Intraoperative Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7657-3_6

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