Robotic surgery and planning for corrective femur osteotomy

Jose Moctezuma, Jost Bernasch, Gabriele Lohmann, Achim Schweikard, Frank Gosse

Abstract

This paper describes a system that assists in the planning and the performing of a surgical action, namely the corrective osteotomy of the thigh bone (femur). The corrective osteotomy of the thigh bone is used for changing the posture of the hip joint. During surgery, a small cross-sectional slice is cut out of the thigh bone by the use of a sawing device. Our system supports the planning phase of this surgery by allowing interactive visualizations of the cutting planes using a 3D surface-oriented model of the thigh bone derived from computer tomography (CT). It also supports the actual surgery, in which a robot hand is steered towards the predetermined cutting planes, a process that is guided and monitored by a vision system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages 870-877
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.12.1994
EventProceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 1994 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 12.09.199416.09.1994
Conference number: 42454

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 1994
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period12.09.9416.09.94

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