Development of a workstation for computer assisted orthopaedic surgery to guide anterior cruciate ligament replacement

Author

Diaspro, A. ; Felli, Lamberto ; Schiappacasse, Simone ; Pagliara, Luigi

Author_Institution

Inst. of Med. Biophys., Univ. of Genova, Genoa, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

1075

Lastpage

1076

Abstract

Our concern is the realization and the utilization of a computerized tool in orthopaedic surgery for a better schedule and execution of the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the human knee in the field of orthopaedic surgery. A critical stage for this operation is the correct positioning of the neo ligament. The utilization of a sort of computerized tool, that we may call "knee- navigator", can be very useful for the achievement of an isoietric positioning of the neoligaient. We utilize arthroscopic images and computer graphics and processing techniques.

Keywords

bone; medical image processing; orthopaedics; position control; surgery; anterior cruciate ligament replacement; arthroscopic images; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; computer graphics; human knee; isoietric positioning; knee-navigator; neo ligament positioning; Biomedical optical imaging; Biophysics; Computers; Ligaments; Navigation; Surgery; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-0816-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761360

Filename

5761360