Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the gold standard for imaging neurological
tissues including the spinal cord. The use of MRI for imaging in the acute management of …

Purpose Accurate registration of patient anatomy and preoperative computed tomography (CT)
images is key to successful image-guided spine surgery. Current manual landmark and …

This study comprised 2 experiments that tested the hypothesis that a high-amylose starch
diet (AMO) would improve body weight and glycemic control relative to a high-amylopectin …

Study Design. A prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel, single-blinded noninferiority
multicenter pivotal FDA IDE trial. Objective. The objective of this study was to investigate …

Purpose While robust and accurate, our previously developed volume-to-volume ultrasound-CT
registration of vertebrae required that the 2D ultrasound slices be reconstructed into a …

The pharmacokinetic variables of sufentanil were studied in 20 healthy children between
two and eight years of age. The plasma concentrations of sufentanil were measured for up to …

Surgical Process Modelling (SPM) was introduced to improve understanding the different
parameters that influence the performance of a Surgical Process (SP). Data acquired from …

Purpose Image-guided spine surgery requires registration of the patient anatomy and
preoperative computed tomography (CT) images. A technique for intraoperative ultrasound image …

Background Use of computer-assisted insertion of pedicle screws has some advantages owing
to the reportedly decreased incidence of pedicle breach and clinical events. Registration-…

BACKGROUND: Previous analyses of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Investigational Device Exemption study demonstrated the superiority of i-FACTOR compared with …