Abstract
In this paper, we present anatomical name display function in a laparoscopic surgical navigation system. Laparoscopic surgery navigation system provides virtual laparoscopic views synchronized with the laparoscope motion using a 3D positional tracker and preoperative CT images. We implemented the anatomical name display function showing blood vessel names or manual annotations on the virtual laparoscopic views in the navigation system. We performed surgical navigation during laparoscopic gastrectomy. The proposed navigation system could display the virtual laparoscopic views with anatomical name of blood vessels in synchronization with the laparoscope position.
