title: [The advanced technology of three-dimensional medical imaging in spine, bone and joints].
abstract: The advanced technology of three-dimensional (3-D) medical imaging allows us to understand the patient specific anatomy in detail. Especially, in orthopedic surgery, treated spinal diseases or the disorders of bone and joints, the 3-D computed tomography(CT), such as multi-slice CT and helical CT is a useful tool for clinical diagnosis and surgical treatment. Since 1995, by the use of these 3-D CT image data, computer navigation system and surgical robot were developed and applied to a spinal instrumentation surgery and an artificial joint replacement. Now surgeons can perform the precise and safe surgical procedure by the computer guidance on the base of 3-D medical imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka-Minami National Hospital.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yonenobu
mesh_terms: D001175:Arthrography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007596:Joints / Q000601:surgery; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*