Ultrasound-guided spinal injections: a feasibility study of a guidance system

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1417-1425

  Rasoulian, Abtin ^a   Seitel, Alexander ^a   Osborn, Jill ^b   Sojoudi, Samira ^a   Nouranian, Saman ^a   Lessoway, Victoria A ^c   Rohling, Robert N ^a   Abolmaesumi, Purang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Multi vertebrae model; Registration; Spine; Statistical pose shape model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY; ALGORITHM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84941424606     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-015-1212-3     Document Type: Article

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