TY - GEN
T1 - A bio-robotics approach to real-time skeletal joint fluoroscopy during natural movements
AU - Nycz, Andrzej
AU - Young, Matthew A.
AU - Hamel, William R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A new class of fluoroscopy, using a robotic mobile platform, is being developed. The Tracking Fluoroscope System (TFS) is intended to be an orthopedic diagnostic tool that provides more accurate and detailed in vivo pre-operative and post-operative information for surgeons. This is accomplished through the ability to fluoroscope natural and uninterrupted human joint motion during level walking, step climbing, and ramp walking. This overall functionality requires independent tracking of the position and orientation of the body with respect to the robotic platform, as well as the position of the joints with respect to the body. The overall robotic system, embodied in the TFS, necessary to accurately perform real-time imaging of joints in motion is discussed. Recent subject and joint tracking experimental results are presented.
AB - A new class of fluoroscopy, using a robotic mobile platform, is being developed. The Tracking Fluoroscope System (TFS) is intended to be an orthopedic diagnostic tool that provides more accurate and detailed in vivo pre-operative and post-operative information for surgeons. This is accomplished through the ability to fluoroscope natural and uninterrupted human joint motion during level walking, step climbing, and ramp walking. This overall functionality requires independent tracking of the position and orientation of the body with respect to the robotic platform, as well as the position of the joints with respect to the body. The overall robotic system, embodied in the TFS, necessary to accurately perform real-time imaging of joints in motion is discussed. Recent subject and joint tracking experimental results are presented.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871693103&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980199
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980199
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871693103
SN - 9781612843865
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 3376
EP - 3381
BT - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011
Y2 - 9 May 2011 through 13 May 2011
ER -