Virtual reality imaging with real-time ultrasound guidance for facet joint injection: A proof of concept

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1461-1463

  Clarke, Collin ^a   Moore, John ^b   Wedlake, Christopher ^b   Lee, Donald ^a   Ganapathy, Su ^a   Salbalbal, Maher ^a   Wilson, Timothy ^a   Peters, Terry ^a   Bainbridge, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT; MAGNETISM; MALE; MODEL; NEEDLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77951762856     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d7850f     Document Type: Article

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