Swamy, A. (author), Burström, Gustav (author), Spliethoff, Jarich W. (author), Babic, Drazenko (author), Reich, Christian (author), Groen, Joanneke (author), Edström, Erik (author), Terander, Adrian Elmi (author), Racadio, John M. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Hendriks, B.H.W. (author) Safe and accurate placement of screws remains a critical issue in open and minimally invasive spine surgery. We propose to use diffuse reflectance (DR) spectroscopy as a sensing technology at the tip of a surgical instrument to ensure a safe path of the instrument through the cancellous bone of the vertebrae. This approach could potentially...
journal article 2019
