Pattern design and realization for calibrating near infrared camera in surgical navigation

Abstract

A calibration board composed of 8 × 8 near-infrared surface-mounted diodes (NIR-SMDs) (940 nm) is designed. Meanwhile, a common binocular measurement system with the average error less than 0.1320 mm is used to obtain the geometric information of this board. A calibration method with the designed pattern is performed to obtain the parameters of the nearinfrared camera (NIRC). In the experiment, the average relative errors of focal length and principal point are 0.244% and 0.735%, respectively. The mean of image residuals is less than 0.01 pixel. The error of three-dimensional (3D) measurement is less than 0.3 mm. All those results indicate that the designed calibration board is suitable and accurate for calibrating NIRC.

Keywords

Calibration Method / Geometric Information / Average Relative Error / Principal Point / Surgical Navigation

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