Efficacy and reliability of highly functional open source DICOM software (OsiriX) in spine surgery.
We evaluated the feasibility and reliability of open source Digital Imaging and COmmunication in Medicine (DICOM) imaging software, OsiriX (Antoine Rosset, 2003-2009), in spine surgery. CT data were used and processed with OsiriX and with commercial software for comparison. Images were reconstructed and compared in volume rendering (VR) and multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) mode. When all images were compared, the three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed images from both software packages showed considerable consistency in VR mode. Measurements in MPR mode also showed similar values with no statistically significant difference. These results demonstrate that OsiriX has approximately equivalent values to commercial software and provides reliable preoperative 3D information for the surgical field. In addition, any clinician, can obtain information using OsiriX at any time. Thus, OsiriX is a helpful tool in preoperative planning for spine surgery.
Yamauchi
Tomonori
T
Spine Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260 8677, Japan.
Yamazaki
Masashi
M
Okawa
Akihiko
A
Furuya
Takeo
T
Hayashi
Koichi
K
Sakuma
Tsuyoshi
T
Takahashi
Hiroshi
H
Yanagawa
Noriyuki
N
Koda
Masao
M
D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008490:Medical Informatics; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012984:Software; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed