ProjectWorkflowVertebro

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality

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Discovery and Detection of Surgical Activity in Percutaneous Vertebroplasties

Discovery and Detection of Surgical Activity in Percutaneous Vertebroplasties

In medical collaboration with:
Ekkehard Euler
Sandro Michael Heining

Contact Person(s): Ahmad Ahmadi

Keywords: Surgical Workflow, Past Projects

Abstract

In this project, we aim at discovering automatically the workflow of percutaneous vertebroplasty. The medical framework is quite different from a parallel project , where we analyze laparoscopic surgeries. Contrary to cholecystectomies where much information is provided by the surgical tools and by the endoscopic video, in vertebroplasties and kyphoplasties, we believe that the body and hand movement of the surgeon give a key insight into the surgical activity. Surgical movements like hammering of the trocar into the vertebra or the stirring of cement compounds are indicative of the current workflow phase. The objectives of this project are to acquire the workflow related signals using accelerometers, processing the raw signals and detecting recurrent patterns in order to objectively identify the low-level and high-level workflow of the procedure.

Pictures

Figure 1: Surgeons discussing trajectory of needle placement
Figure 2: Intra-operative CT imaging for optimal needle placement
Figure 3: Objective - Automatic recovery of workflow for percutaneous vertebroplasty

Team

Contact Person(s)

Ahmad Ahmadi
Dr. Ahmad Ahmadi

Working Group

Ahmad Ahmadi
Dr. Ahmad Ahmadi
Joerg Traub
Dr. Joerg Traub
Nassir Navab
Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
Nicolas Padoy
Prof. Nicolas Padoy
Sandro Heining
Dr. med. Sandro Heining

Location



Technische Universität München
Institut für Informatik / I16
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching bei München

Tel.: +49 89 289-17058
Fax: +49 89 289-17059
Visit our lab at Garching.



Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik - Innenstadt, AG CAS
Nussbaumstr. 20
80336 München

Room: C2.06
Tel.: +49 89 5160-3615
Tel.: +49 89 5160-3635
Fax: +49 89 5160-3630
Visit our lab at Klinikum Innenstadt.



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