Robot-assisted ultrasound reconstruction for spine surgery: from bench-top to pre-clinical study

Li, Ruixuan; Davoodi, Ayoob; Cai, Yuyu; Niu, Kenan; Borghesan, Gianni; Cavalcanti, Nicola; Massalimova, Aidana; Carrillo, Fabio; Laux, Christoph J; Farshad, Mazda; Fürnstahl, Philipp; Poorten, Emmanuel Vander

doi:10.5167/uzh-235484

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Li, R., Davoodi, A., Cai, Y., Niu, K., Borghesan, G., Cavalcanti, N., Massalimova, A., Carrillo, F., Laux, C. J., Farshad, M., Fürnstahl, P., & Poorten, E. V. (2023). Robot-assisted ultrasound reconstruction for spine surgery: from bench-top to pre-clinical study. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 18, 1613–1623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-023-02932-z

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PURPOSE

Robot-assisted ultrasound (rUS) systems have already been used to provide non-radiative three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions that form the basis for guiding spine surgical procedures. Despite promising studies on this technology, there are few studies that offer insight into the robustness and generality of the approach by verifying performance in various testing scenarios. Therefore, this study aims at providing an assessment of a rUS system, with technical details from experiments starting at the bench-top to the pre-clin