Title :
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
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761360
