Spinal Navigation and Imaging: History, Trends, and Future

Author

Helm, Patrick A. ; Teichman, Robert ; Hartmann, Steven L. ; Simon, David

Author_Institution

Surg. Technol. Divisions of Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

34

Issue

8

fYear

2015

fDate

Aug. 2015

Firstpage

1738

Lastpage

1746

Abstract

The clinical practice of spine navigation has rapidly grown with the development of image-based guidance. In this paper, a brief history of spinal navigation is presented and a review of clinical outcomes for pedicle screws placed using the latest technology in the sacral, lumbar and thoracic regions. The clinical evidence demonstrate that intraoperative 3D image guided surgery has a 96.8% success rate. A concluding section detailing existing barriers that limit more widespread adoption and future development efforts is presented.

Keywords

bone; diagnostic radiography; image registration; medical image processing; surgery; clinical practice; image-based guidance; intraoperative 3D image guided surgery; lumbar regions; sacral regions; spinal imaging; spinal navigation; thoracic regions; Accuracy; Computed tomography; Fasteners; Navigation; Surgery; Three-dimensional displays; Computer assisted surgery; image guided surgery; navigation; registration; spine; three-dimensional (3D) image guided interventions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0062

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMI.2015.2391200

Filename

7008544