DocumentCode
544924
Title
Computer-aided preoperative planning of lower extremity deformity correction by the Ilizarov method
Author
Lin, Hong ; Birch, John G. ; Samchukov, Mikhail L. ; Ashman, Richard B.
Author_Institution
Texas Scottish Rite Hosp. for Children, Dallas, TX, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1992
fDate
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Firstpage
1278
Lastpage
1279
Abstract
A computer-aided preoperative planning system has been developed for orthopaedic surgery in lower extremity deformity correction using the Ilizarov method. The system is composed of an ultrasonic digitizer as input device, a HI plotter as output device, and a 386 PC, with SuperVGA monitor, a mouse and a menu driven program ontrolling all the input/output and user graphics interfaces.
Keywords
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; deformation; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; orthopaedics; planning (artificial intelligence); surgery; ultrasonic devices; 386 PC; HI plotter; Ilizarov method; computer-aided preoperative planning system; graphic interfaces; input device; input-output interfaces; lower extremity deformity correction; menu driven program; orthopaedic surgery; output device; super VGA monitoring; ultrasonic digitizer; Biology;
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.1992.5761782
Filename
5761782
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