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    durtschi@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: School of Medicine Position: Graduate, Medicine

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All Publications

  • Stereovision-updated image guidance in multi-level open spine surgery: short vs long exposure Fan, X., Durtschi, M. S., Li, C., Evans, L. T., Ji, S., Cai, Y., Mirza, S. K., Paulsen, K. D., Fei, B., Linte, C. A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2021

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2549646

    View details for Web of Science ID 000672559200077

  • Hand-Held Stereovision System for Image Updating in Open Spine Surgery OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY Fan, X., Durtschi, M. S., Li, C., Evans, L. T., Ji, S., Mirza, S. K., Paulsen, K. D. 2020; 19 (4): 461-470

    Abstract

    Image guidance in open spinal surgery is compromised by changes in spinal alignment between preoperative images and surgical positioning. We evaluated registration of stereo-views of the surgical field to compensate for vertebral alignment changes.To assess accuracy and efficiency of an optically tracked hand-held stereovision (HHS) system to acquire images of the exposed spine during surgery.Standard midline posterior approach exposed L1 to L6 in 6 cadaver porcine spines. Fiducial markers were placed on each vertebra as "ground truth" locations. Spines were positioned supine with accentuated lordosis, and preoperative computed tomography (pCT) was acquired. Spines were re-positioned in a neutral prone posture, and locations of fiducials were acquired with a tracked stylus. Intraoperative stereovision (iSV) images were acquired and 3-dimensional (3D) surfaces of the exposed spine were reconstructed. HHS accuracy was assessed in terms of distances between reconstructed fiducial marker locations and their tracked counterparts. Level-wise registrations aligned pCT with iSV to account for changes in spine posture. Accuracy of updated computed tomography (uCT) was assessed using fiducial markers and other landmarks.Acquisition time for each image pair was <1 s. Mean reconstruction time was <1 s for each image pair using batch processing, and mean accuracy was 1.2 ± 0.6 mm across 6 cases. Mean errors of uCT were 3.1 ± 0.7 and 2.0 ± 0.5 mm on the dorsal and ventral sides, respectively.Results suggest that a portable HHS system offers potential to acquire accurate image data from the surgical field to facilitate surgical navigation during open spine surgery.

    View details for DOI 10.1093/ons/opaa057

    View details for Web of Science ID 000593128100077

    View details for PubMedID 32365204

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC7490214

  • Calibration of a Hand-held Stereovision System for Image-guided Spinal Surgery Fan, X., Durtschi, M. S., Li, C., Ji, S., Mirza, S. K., Paulsen, K. D., Fei, B., Linte, C. A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2019

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2512861

    View details for Web of Science ID 000483683500066