Ultrasound-Based Robot-Assisted Drilling for Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Placement
Ruixuan Li,
Ayoob Davoodi,
Maikel Timmermans
et al.
Abstract:Minimally invasive pedicle screw placement (MIPSP) is a widely used treatment for spine diseases. When coupled with intraoperative navigation modalities, robots may help improve surgical outcomes and reduce complications. With such a system, the application of pedicle screws has been expanded from needle insertion to the spine surgery. This paper investigates the possibility and feasibility of robot-assisted MIPSP based on ultrasound (US) guidance. The proposed system is non-radiative and fiducial-free, using … Show more
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