A robot-assisted surgical system using a force-image control method for pedicle screw insertion.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce a robot-assisted surgical system for spinal posterior fixation that can automatically recognize the drilling state and stop potential cortical penetration with force and image information and to further evaluate the accuracy and safety of the robot for sheep vertebra pedicle...

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Main Authors: Wei Tian, Xiaoguang Han, Bo Liu, Yajun Liu, Ying Hu, Xiao Han, Yunfeng Xu, Mingxing Fan, Haiyang Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899254?pdf=render