title: Image-guided spine surgery.
abstract: Conventional imaging techniques are of limited usefulness in spinal navigation, due to their lack of a "three-dimensional perspective." An interactive image-guided approach has been developed that provides a three-dimensional image-space representation of surgical space, using a specially designed referencing system and computer workstation. The system is described and results from laboratory tests and clinical cases are reported. It is concluded that interactive image-guided stereotaxis can be a valuable tool in spinal localization because of its degree of precision and the increased margin of safety it can offer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D003196:Computer Graphics; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*