抄録
In liver cancer surgery, it is crucial to understand the internal structure of the liver, such as the position of tumors, blood vessels and their relationship. 3-dimensional rendering based on pre-operative CT volumes is one of methods for assisting a surgeon to understand such information. However, it is still not enough to achieve intuitive understanding. To solve such problems, this paper demonstrates a method to fabricate 3D liver model from patient-specific CT volumes. This model reconstructs internal structures of the liver to enable intuitive understanding of anatomical structure. Figure shows an example of the 3D liver model and a scene of 3D liver model utilization in OR.
