The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering awarded a $622,302 Project Grant (R01EB035559) to Children's Research Institute under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health (CFDA 93.286) program. The goal of this 4-year project is to develop and evaluate a new image-guided robotic system for improving the accuracy and safety of orthopedic implant placement procedures, particularly for pediatric patients. The project aims to integrate a low-profile surgical guidance robot with advanced 3D imaging techniques like cone-beam tomosynthesis to enable more precise implant planning, placement, and verification while minimizing radiation exposure. Key objectives include creating a surgical navigation workstation, optimizing low-dose 3D imaging protocols, and developing 3D-2D image registration to track surgical instruments. The project will culminate in phantom and cadaver studies to validate the targeting accuracy of the integrated system prior to pursuing FDA clearance for first-in-human use.
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