title: Efficacy and reliability of highly functional open source DICOM software (OsiriX) in spine surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Spine Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260 8677, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okawa
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koda
mesh_terms: 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