Robot-assisted screw fixation in a cadaver utilizing magnetic resonance imaging–based synthetic computed tomography: toward radiation-free spine surgery. Illustrative case

• Published in: Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons Vol. 6; no. 2
• Main Authors: Davidar, A. Daniel, Judy, Brendan F., Hersh, Andrew M., Weber-Levine, Carly, Alomari, Safwan, Menta, Arjun K., Jiang, Kelly, Bhimreddy, Meghana, Hussain, Mir, Crawford, Neil R., Khan, Majid, Gong, Gary, Theodore, Nicholas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association of Neurological Surgeons 10.07.2023
• Subjects: Case Lesson; lumbar; robotics; screw fixation; synthetic CT; bone MRI; convolutional neural network

Synthetic computed tomography (sCT) can be created from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilizing newer software. sCT is yet to be explored as a possible alternative to routine CT (rCT). In this study, rCT scans and MRI-derived sCT scans were obtained on a cadaver. Morphometric analysis was perform...