METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT PLANNING FOR SAFE SPINAL FUSION SURGERY

摘要

Disclosed in the present invention is method for planning an automated path of optimal screw insertion for a safe spinal fusion surgery. The method comprises the steps of: (a) extracting a vertebra model of a patient from a medical image; (b) generating a patient mapping bone model by mapping the extracted vertebra model on an average bone model; (c) extracting a spinal canal area of the patient from the generated patient mapping bone model; and (d) calculating a screw insertion path corresponding to the patient, by defining a pedicle area from the spinal canal area of the patient.