A method for computing general sacroiliac screw corridors based on CT scans of the pelvis

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Noser, Hansrudi ^a   Radetzki, Florian ^b   Stock, Karsten ^b   Mendel, Thomas ^c,d  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Bone and bones; Computed tomography; Image analysis; Image processing; Pelvis; Software design

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; 3D MODELS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CT DATA; PELVIS; SAFETY ZONE; SCREW INSERTIONS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS; TEST SAMPLES;

ALGORITHMS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCREWS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SCREW DISLOCATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISLOCATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053912672     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-010-9327-0     Document Type: Article

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