X-ray-based machine vision system for distal locking of intramedullary nails

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

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-375

  Junejo, F ^a   Bouazza Marouf, K ^a   Kerr, D ^a   Taylor, A J ^a   Taylor, G J S ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal locking; Intramedullary nailing; Robotic computer assisted orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER VISION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAY FILMS; IRRADIATION; NAILS; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROBOTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BONE DRILLING; DISTAL LOCKING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; X-RAY IMAGES;

ORTHOPEDICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

DISTAL LOCKING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34250710181     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM166     Document Type: Article

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