Determining an optimal placement of a pedicle screw

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device () for determining an optimal placement of a pedicle screw (), comprising a processing unit (), wherein the processing unit is configured to receive a model data set representing a model surface () of a human vertebra model () and a pedicle screw model () being optimally placed in a span of a pedicle section () of the model surface, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive 5 image data representing a surface image () of at least one human vertebra (), GO and wherein the processing unit is configured to adapt the model data set for each of a number of the at least one human vertebra, such that an adapted model data set representing a correspondingly adapted model surface (), which fits to the surface image of the respective human vertebra, is provided for each of the number of the at least one human vertebra, wherein each of the 10 adapted model data sets also represents a correspondingly adapted pedicle screw model (). The present invention further relates to a corresponding method, a corresponding computer program element and a corresponding computer readable medium.