Smart Alignment Tool for Knee MosaicPlasty Surgery (original) (raw)

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The Smart Alignment Tool for Knee MosaicPlasty Surgery is a device that aids in aligning the MosaicPlasty harvesting chisel with the cartilage surface of the knee. In the standard arthroscopic procedure, the angle at which the graft is harvested and inserted is determined visually by the surgeon through a single endoscopic view. The ability of the surgeon to obtain and place these grafts in an orientation perpendicular to the cartilage surface determines, in large part, the efficacy of the procedure. By instrumenting the tool, the angle of the tool relative to the surface is fed back to the surgeon. Preliminary experiments show this greatly increases the accuracy and consistency of this task.

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  1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute High School, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Albert W. Brzeczko
  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Randal P. Goldberg & Russell H. Taylor
  3. Computer Science Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Russell H. Taylor
  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Peter Evans

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  1. Albert W. Brzeczko
  2. Randal P. Goldberg
  3. Russell H. Taylor
  4. Peter Evans

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  1. Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Wiro J. Niessen & Max A. Viergever &

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Brzeczko, A.W., Goldberg, R.P., Taylor, R.H., Evans, P. (2001). Smart Alignment Tool for Knee MosaicPlasty Surgery. In: Niessen, W.J., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2001. MICCAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45468-3\_72

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