Medarpa--a medical augmented reality system for minimal-invasive interventions.

Minimal-invasive operation techniques have become more important and well accepted in the recent years. While offering obvious advantages for the patient, these techniques confront the surgeon with a restricted view of the region of intervention. This paper presents a novel approach for Computer-Aided Surgery (CAS), applying Augmented Reality (AR) techniques together with a novel AR Window. As the main objective, the research project Medarpa not only focuses on the application of AR techniques in a medical scenario, but also addresses their future application in real medical scenarios inside the operating room.