Summary of Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Registration For Augmented Reality-guided Surgery, by Maximilian Weber et al.
Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Registration for Augmented Reality-guided Surgery
by Maximilian Weber, Daniel Wild, Jens Kleesiek, Jan Egger, Christina Gsaxner
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A machine learning-based point cloud registration method is proposed to align 3D point clouds for augmented reality-guided surgery applications. This research combines the integration of AR into image-guided surgery and deep learning-based point cloud registration methods. A dataset was created from medical imaging and HoloLens 2 captured point clouds, and three well-established deep learning models were evaluated. Although some deep learning methods show promise, a conventional pipeline still outperforms them on this challenging dataset. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Point cloud registration is a key task in computer vision that aligns 3D point clouds using spatial transformations. This technique has many applications, including augmented reality (AR) and medical imaging. Researchers have been exploring the combination of AR with image-guided surgery and deep learning-based point cloud registration methods. In this study, scientists created a dataset of point clouds from medical imaging and corresponding point clouds captured by an AR device called HoloLens 2. They then tested three popular deep learning models to see how well they could register these data pairs. The results showed that while some deep learning methods were good, a traditional registration method still worked better. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Machine learning
