MicronTracker双目视觉导航仪clarontech加拿大ClaronTechnologyInc科技有限公司MicronTrackerusesstereoscopicvisioninrealtimetodetectandtrackspecially-markedobjects.MicronTrackercanbeusedinavarietyofclinicalguidedproceduresincludingimage-guidedsurgery,ablation,andbiopsy,performedmanuallyorusingrobotics.MicronTrackeralsosupportsaugmentedreality,whichprovidesanintuitiveapproachforhandlingclinicalprocedures.MicronTrackerleadsanewgenerationoftrackersthatusevisiblelightandcomputervisiontodetectfullypassivemarkedtargetsandtrackthembyprocessingstandardvideoimages.WeSurpasstheCompetitionMicronTrackerhassignificantclinicalandcostbenefitsoverthecompetition:Easysetupandteardown.Unlikecompetitivesystemsthatrequirestocking,mountingandunmountingofsingle-usecomponentsorbatteriesforeachtoolbeingtracked,MicronTrackerusespermanentsteamsterilizabletoolmarkers,makingalltoolsalwaysimmediatelyreadyforn***igation.MicronTackerusesthe***allestandlightestcamerasinitsclassandcanbeeasilypositionedevenwherespaceisatapremium.Becauseofitsextralightweightnomassivesupportingarmsortripodsareneeded.Camerapositioningisfastersince,being***aller,lighterandinsensitivetoIRreflecti***,thecameracanbepositionedjustabovethefield,wherelinesofsightareeasilymaintainedthroughouttheoperation.MicronTracker'svisiblelightvideoimagesshowtheuserexactlywherethevisibilityboundariesare.Lowpurchaseandoperatingcost.MicronTracker'sattractivecostisachievedbysimpledesignandrelianceonstandardha***arecomponents(nocustomelectronics).Alls***ingsarepassedontotheusers.WithMicronTrackertherearenoadditionalcostsfordisposables.DuraMarksmarkersaresterializableandcanbeusedatleast100times.Softwarethatmakesiteasytobuildacompletesystem.TheversatileMicronTrackersoftwareprovidesrichandflexibleAPIs,compliantwithWindows,LinuxandMacOSX.MicronTrackerintegrateseasilywiththeIGSSDKforquickandefficientdevelopmentofimage-guidedn***igationsystems.Thedemoapplicationincludedintheproduct,***ailableinsourcecode,providesanexcellentstartingpointforbootingupnewapplicationdevelopment.MicronTrackerBenefitsMicronTrackerincorporatesasetoffeaturesdesignedtomeettheneedsofbothclinicalandresearchclients.Reliableclass-leadingaccuracy.MicronTrackerprovidesbest-in-classaccuracyof0.2mm.Itsadvanceddriftcompensationalgorithmachievesthisaccuracyinawiderangeofambientconditi***andmaintainsitforlongperiods.Thestandardpackageincludesapplicati***toperformaccuracyasses***entinthefieldandtoimproveaccuracy.Learnmore...SolidspecsMicronTrackerfeaturesclass-leadingcalibrationaccuracyof0.2mmRMS.Itsadvanceddriftcompensationalgorithmskeepitaccurateinawiderangeofambientconditi***.Internalchecksprovidealertsintherareinstanceswhenconditi***maycausedegradationinaccuracy.SuperiorpinpointingreliabilityCompetingposetrackersusebrightinfraredspotstomarktargetlocati***.Inthesesystems,targetcentersarepinpointedbycomputingtheintensityofthecentroidoftheimageproducedbythespot.A***udgeorapartialocclusioncanaffectthepositionofthecentroid,leadingtosignificantmeasurementerrors.Thisconditionisnotdetectedandtheuserisnotalerted.MicronTrackercomputestargetlocati***attheintersectionof4high-contrastregi***,calledanXpoint.Eachofthefourblack/whiteboundarylinesindependentlyservestopinpointthelocationofthetarget.Porti***oftheXpointregionhiddenby***udgesorocclusi***aredisregardedandh***enoeffectonaccuracy.ValidateandrefineaccuracyinthefieldTheMicronTrackercameraisdesignedtosolidlypreservethehighlyaccurateopticalcalibrationperformedatthefactory.Aswithallhigh-precisionopto-mechanicalinstruments,itsaccuracymaydegradeinthefieldasaresultofminutechangescausedbyenvironmentalstressesorroughhandling.Otherpositiontrackersonthemarketrequirecustomerstopurchaseexpensiveequipmenttoverifyaccuracyovertime.Whenaccuracyisfoundtofallshortofspecificati***,thecameramustbesentbacktothefactoryforrepairorrecalibration.MicronTracker’sR-Finekit(custom-madeaccuracybarandsoftware)allowsuserstoverifyandimmediatelyrestoretheaccuracyofthedevice.R-FineisprovidedfreeofchargeineveryMicronTrackerkit.TheR-Finesoftwarecontainsamodeloftypicalphysicalchangesoccurringinthemechanicalstructureofthecamera.Duringthecalibrationprocedurethemodelisadjustedtobestmatchthedatacollected.TheadjustedmodelisthenusedtorefinethecalibrationofthecausetheR-Finecalibrationproceduretakesonlyafewminutes,itispossibletovalidatetheaccuracyofperformanceasoftenasnecessary.UniquevisualcalibrationverificationThespatialrelati***hipbetweenmarkersandanyobjectlocation(suchasatooltip)canbevisuallypresentedtotheusertoenabledynamicvisualcomparison.Forexample,aftercalibratingtherelati***hipbetweenatoolmarkerandthepositionandorientationofthetooltip,measurementofthetooltipposecanbeoverlaidonitsexpectedimagelocation,allowingtheusertoeasilydetecterrorsandinaccuracies.HighdynamicrangemodeHighdynamicrange(HDR)modeisatechniquethatallowssoliddetectioninsituati***ofgreatilluminationrange.ThisfeatureenablesMicronTrackertoworkreliablyunderawiderangeofintensitylevelsfoundinoperatingrooms.ForexampletheH3-60modelcoversa5-400,000Luxrange.***oothposedata.Uniquejitterfil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grammer.Low-leveldata,suchasimagesandtheobjectsidentifiedinthem,maybeaccesseddirectly,andvariousattributesofthetrackingoperationcanbeadjusted.The“native”APIisprovidedinC,butitisobjectorientedandcanbeeasilyaccessedfromhigh-levellanguagessuchasC++,Vb.Net,orC#.Net,andVisualBasic6through***ailablewrappers.Dem***trationapplicati***insourcecodeformatandadeveloper’smanualare***ailabletoyourprogrammerstohelpthemquicklyintegrateMicronTrackerintoyourproduct.Tocutproductdevelopmenttimeevenfurther,youcanuseClaron’sWIFsoftwareenginethatsupportsallvisualization,segmentation,andregistrationneeds.Alternatively,youcanuseClaroN***,Claron’sready-to-usen***igationsystemthatcanbecustomizedtosupporttherequiredlookandfeel.Periodicsoftwareupdatesbringnewsystemcapabilitiestodevelopers.)