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Ascension and CIMIT
to Display New Minimally Invasive
Visualization Tool at SAGES
Annual Meeting
BURLINGTON, VERMONT; MARCH
19, 2004: Ascension
Technology and the
Center for Integration of
Medicine and Innovative Technology
(CIMIT) will exhibit
a new laparoscopic ultrasound
probe in booth #935
at the Society of
American Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Annual Meeting. The
conference will take place
in Denver, CO March 31 to
April 3. The probe showcased
by Ascension and CIMIT is
part of a new intraoperative
visualization system for minimally
invasive surgery. It incorporates
laparoscopic ultrasound (Lap/Us)
for staging pancreatic cancer.
All conference attendees
are invited to stop by the
booth to see the Lap/US
probe exhibit and
obtain more information about
Ascension’s tracking products
and their diversified medical
applications.
CIMIT is an Ascension partner
in the development of medical
imaging and simulation devices
using magnetic motion tracking
technology. Integration of
Ascension’s new microBIRD™
miniaturized 6 degrees-of-freedom
(6DOF) tracking sensor to
a laparoscopic ultrasound
probe enables precise quantitative
tracking of the probe tip.
microBIRD measures the exact
location (position and orientation)
of its 1.8 mm sensors which
often are attached to instruments
for intra-body guidance and
visualization. In conjunction
with an imaging device, microBIRD
lets the surgeon “see” inside
the patient. With no occlusion
or line-of-sight restrictions
and no distortion due to nearby
conductive metals, microBIRD
can be used for targeting
of instruments in minimally
invasive surgery and procedures.
Recent research has shown
that Lap/US is a helpful adjunct
to staging pancreatic cancer,
providing higher soft tissue
resolution than MRI or CT.
Two-dimensional Lap/US has
not been widely accepted,
however, because surgeons
innately think about anatomy
in three dimensions. Now the
CIMIT Lap/US with microBIRD
can display data in the context
of preoperative 3D imaging.
This combines the strength
of both modalities—high tissue
resolution and a view in 3D
space.
Ascension Technology Corporation,
based in Burlington, Vermont,
USA, is a world leader in
magnetic motion tracking solutions
for medical applications.
More information about Ascension
trackers is available at www.ascension-tech.com.
For more information about
CIMIT, visit www.cimit.org.
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VISIT US AT SAGES
IN BOOTH #935!
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