Effective epidural needle placement and injection involves accurate identification of the midline of the spine. Ultrasound, as a safe pre-procedural imaging modality, is suitable for epidural guidance because it offers adequate visibility of the vert...
Epidural anesthesia requires injection of anesthetic into the epidural space in the spine. Accurate placement of the epidural needle is a major challenge. To address this, we developed a forward-view endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) syst...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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OBJECTIVE: Loss of resistance (LOR) is a widely accepted method for performing epidural punctures in clinical settings. However, the risk of failure associated with LOR is still high. Solutions based either on Fiber Bragg grating sensors (FBG) or on ...