Toward automatic C-arm positioning for standard projections in orthopedic surgery

L Kausch, S Thomas, H Kunze, M Privalov… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Guidance and quality control in orthopedic surgery increasingly rely on intra-
operative fluoroscopy using a mobile C-arm. The accurate acquisition of standardized and …

Intra-operative augmented reality in distal locking

R Londei, M Esposito, B Diotte, S Weidert… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To design an augmented reality solution that assists surgeons during the distal
locking of intramedullary nailing procedures. Method Traditionally, the procedure is …

Multi-modal intra-operative navigation during distal locking of intramedullary nails

B Diotte, P Fallavollita, L Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The interlocking of intramedullary nails is a technically demanding procedure which involves
a considerable amount of X-ray acquisitions; one study lists as many as 48 to successfully …

An augmented reality C-arm for intraoperative assessment of the mechanical axis: a preclinical study

P Fallavollita, A Brand, L Wang, E Euler… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Determination of lower limb alignment is a prerequisite for successful
orthopedic surgical treatment. Traditional methods include the electrocautery cord …

Camera‐augmented mobile C‐arm (CamC): A feasibility study of augmented reality imaging in the operating room

AM von der Heide, P Fallavollita… - … Journal of Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background In orthopaedic trauma surgery, image‐guided procedures are mostly based on
fluoroscopy. The reduction of radiation exposure is an important goal. The purpose of this …

Tracking system for imaging machines and related apparatus

S Amiri - US Patent 9,867,588, 2018 - Google Patents
An imaging system such as a medical C-arm x-ray fluoroscopy machine includes a tracking
system that tracks a position of an x-ray source and an x-ray detector using sensors which …

Precise X-ray and video overlay for augmented reality fluoroscopy

X Chen, L Wang, P Fallavollita, N Navab - International journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose The camera-augmented mobile C-arm (CamC) augments any mobile C-arm by a
video camera and mirror construction and provides a co-registration of X-ray with video …

Existence conditions and general solutions of closed-form inverse kinematics for revolute serial robots

W Shanda, L **ao, L Qingsheng, H Baoling - applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This paper primarily studies the existence conditions for the closed-
form inverse kinematic solution for revolute serial robots. Based on the results, a general …

RGBDX: First design and experimental validation of a mirror-based RGBD X-ray imaging system

S Habert, J Gardiazabal, P Fallavollita… - … Symposium on Mixed …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the first design of a mirror based RGBD X-ray imaging system and
includes an evaluation study of the depth errors induced by the mirror when used in …

Pose optimization of a C-arm imaging device to reduce intraoperative radiation exposure of staff and patient during interventional procedures

NL Rodas, J Bert, D Visvikis… - … on Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Minimally-invasive (MI) procedures are becoming more popular and frequent due to their
benefits such as reduced patient trauma and hospitalization time. However, several common …