Pioneering History
ClaroNav Team Member Contributions: A History of Surgical Navigation, Imaging and Digital Dentistry.
The year listed above each innovation refers to the time of its first clinical usage.
1985
November 21, 1985
First Interactive medical 3D visualization system
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April 23, 1987
First Real-Time Medical 3D visualization system
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April 23, 1990
Leading commercial CT and MRI workstation
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April 23, 1992
First commercial Surgical Navigation system
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May 23, 1992
Most commercially successful vendor imaging system
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April 23, 1995
First user-programmable workflow UI in CT/MRI scanner consoles
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April 23, 2000
Free-hand real-time ultrasound 3-D reconstruction
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May 23, 2000
Volume rendering engine for consumer PCs
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February 24, 2004
4D Radiotherapy for treatment of lung tumours
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May 1, 2004
Automated initialization of 3D deformable models
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June 23, 2004
First visible light optical pose tracking system
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July 23, 2004
High-performance CPU-based volume rendering engine in wide use
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August 23, 2004
First perspective CT colon flattening algorithm
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April 23, 2005
Automatic detection of colon polyps
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March 24, 2006
MRI biomarkers to quantify osteoarthritis
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April 23, 2006
3D animation of 100’s of dental implant related videos in Maya
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April 23, 2007
Full body CT atlas registration
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March 24, 2008
Diffusion MRI to map white matter pathways in the brain
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April 23, 2008
.NET-based multi-modality visualization, segmentation, registration and navigation framework in wide use
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April 23, 2010
Pioneered the algorithmic development for image acquisition and calibration methodology for the leading dental intra-oral scanner
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May 23, 2010
.Net based 3D animated dental implant treatment planning system
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February 24, 2011
Automated segmentation method of head and neck CT images for leading radiation therapy platform
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March 24, 2011
Automated segmentation method of head and neck CT images for leading radiation therapy platform
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April 23, 2011
Production of 2D and 3D implant planning system.
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April 24, 2012
3D Prototyping / Engineering Solutions for Dental Scanners, cad/cam, dental milling
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March 23, 2013
Created the most compact and affordable ENT navigation system
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April 23, 2013
Created the most accurate and easily usable dental navigation system
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October 1, 2018
Created NaviSpine
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September 2, 2019
Created Navient Cranial
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May 2, 2022
4th Generation MicronTracker Camera
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November 18, 2022
Navident 4 EVO
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November 27, 2022
Navient for Spine procedures
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November 29, 2022
MicronMapper: Implant position capturing system
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