发明名称 Image guided atlas correction
摘要 An external stylus provides an impulse to correct mal-alignments of the Atlas (C1). The placement and direction of the impulse is guided by the analysis of a plurality precisely placed or acquired tomographic images, preferably MRI images.
申请公布号 US9084629(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.07.21
申请号 US201314044804 申请日期 2013.10.02
申请人 发明人 Rosa Scott L
分类号 A61B5/05;A61B19/00;A61B5/03;G01R33/28 主分类号 A61B5/05
代理机构 代理人 Sherman Edward S.
主权项 1. A method of patient treatment comprising the steps of: a) obtaining at least one scout tomographic image of a skull and cervical spine of a patient, b) identifying at least one anatomical marker selected from an alar ligament and a transverse ligament in the scout tomographic image, c) acquiring at least a second tomographic image in a plane orthogonal to the at least one scout tomographic image, wherein the at least second tomographic image extends through the at least one anatomical marker identified in step b), d) identifying a position of each of a second plurality of anatomical markers in the at least second tomographic image, e) determining at least one vector component for orienting a stylus against at least a portion of an Atlas of the patient from the position of the second plurality of anatomical markers in the at least second tomographic image, f) energizing the stylus to provide a corrective impulse to the Atlas in a direction of the at least one vector component, g) acquiring at least a third tomographic image to confirm a corrective placement of the Atlas from said step of energizing the stylus.
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