Development of a method for ultrasound-guided placement of pedicle screws

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1267-1276

  Mujagic, Muris ^b   Ginsberg, Howard ^b,c   Cobbold, Richard ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALUMINUM; BONE; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; FASTENERS; LIGHT METALS; MICROFLUIDICS; SCREWS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

(8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; BROADBAND TRANSDUCERS; CANCELLOUS BONES; CENTER FREQUENCY (CF); CRANIOCAUDAL (CC); GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; LIMITED VISIBILITY; PEDICLE SCREWS; RISK OF DAMAGE; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; SPINAL FUSION; ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND (US) IMAGES; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VERTEBRAL BODIES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 44949092266     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.789     Document Type: Article

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