A new approach to computer guidance in orthopedic surgery using real time volume rendering

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Liener, U C ^a   Reinhart, C ^b   Kinzl, L ^a   Gebhard, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b VOLUME GRAPHICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Computer assisted surgery; Real time processing; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; PELVIS FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCOMPUTERS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PELVIS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032947985     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020819511247     Document Type: Article

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