A computer assisted orthopaedic surgical system for distal locking of intramedullary nails

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-300

  Viant, W J ^a   Phillips, R ^b   Griffiths, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Image guided surgery; Image intensifies; Intramedullary nails; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL; X RAYS;

COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DISTAL LOCKING; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS; INTELLIGENT TRAJECTORY GUIDE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; SURGEONS; TRAJECTORY TACTICIAN;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY;

BONE SCREWS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031365203     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534412     Document Type: Article

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