British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)
Oct 6, 2020
The number of patients requiring hip and knee arthroplasty continues to rise each year. Patients are living longer and expecting to remain active into later life following joint replacement. Developments in computer-assisted surgery and robotic techn...
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
Oct 6, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently transforming all aspects of our daily life, including the practice of medicine. Artificial neural networks are a key method of AI. They can very effectively detect subtle patterns in imaging data and speech o...
BACKGROUND: The accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw implantation is a safe and effective method in lumbar surgery, but it still remains controversial in lumbar revision surgery. This study evaluated the clinical safety and accuracy of robot-assi...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Sep 28, 2020
PURPOSE: Data augmentation is a common technique to overcome the lack of large annotated databases, a usual situation when applying deep learning to medical imaging problems. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on which transformations to apply for a...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 25, 2020
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion has gained popularity in the spinal surgery field. Due to high cost, these spinal robots are not extensively applied in clinical surgeries. Developing an effective robot system with low cost and high...
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Sep 22, 2020
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The introduction and integration of robot technology into modern spine surgery provides surgeons with millimeter accuracy for pedicle screw placement. Coupled with computer-based navigation platforms, robot-assisted spine surgery ...
Spine surgery is continuously evolving. The synergy between medical imaging and advances in computation has allowed for stereotactic neuronavigation and its integration with robotic technology to assist in spine surgery. The discovery of x-rays in 18...
Identification of surgical instruments is crucial in understanding surgical scenarios and providing an assistive process in endoscopic image-guided surgery. This study proposes a novel multilevel feature-aggregated deep convolutional neural network (...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Aug 25, 2020
PURPOSE: During spinal fusion surgery, screws are placed close to critical nerves suggesting the need for highly accurate screw placement. Verifying screw placement on high-quality tomographic imaging is essential. C-arm cone-beam CT (CBCT) provides ...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jul 26, 2020
PURPOSE: Robot-world calibration, used to precisely determine the spatial relation between optical tracker and robot, is regarded as an essential step for optical-navigated surgical robot system to improve the surgical accuracy. However, these method...
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