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JACIII Vol.18 No.4 pp. 529-537
doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2014.p0529
(2014)

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An Ultrasound Technique of Bone Thickness Estimation for Pedicle Screw Insertion

Muhamad Khairul Ali Hassan*,**, Kouki Nagamune*,***,
Kenichiro Kakutani***, Koichiro Maeno***, Kotaro Nishida***,
and Masahiro Kurosaka***

*Graduate School Engineering, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507, Japan

**School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis

***Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University

Received:
November 29, 2013
Accepted:
April 21, 2014
Published:
July 20, 2014
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Keywords:
pedicle screw, ultrasound transducer, pulseecho technique, cancellous bone, bone thickness
Abstract
Information on bone thickness is useful to surgeons in fixing pedicle screws in place. The quality of pedicle screw insertion continues to increase with the introduction of such techniques as navigation based on computed tomography and fluoroscopy. These techniques reduce error in pedicle screw placement and injury. However, the information reported on the real time measurement of depths drilled through cancellous bone, also known as trabecular bone or sponge bone, by the pedicle screw is minimal. It currently depends on palpation by the physician for judging the boundary between cortical and cancellous bone – an inaccurate technique that may produce errors in screw placement and the risk of injury during surgical processes. Ultrasound is used to help overcome such problems. Bone thickness is estimated in this study using an ultrasound transducer attached to 20 mm of polymethyl methacrylate, a clear glass-like acrylic. The bone thickness of five specimens was measured using ultrasound echo signals. Error in estimating bone thickness was small, 8.121%, showing the accuracy in bone thickness to be more than 90.00% which is suitable for use in estimating bone thickness in pedicle screw insertion.
Cite this article as:
M. Hassan, K. Nagamune, K. Kakutani, K. Maeno, K. Nishida, and M. Kurosaka, “An Ultrasound Technique of Bone Thickness Estimation for Pedicle Screw Insertion,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.18 No.4, pp. 529-537, 2014.
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