Swathi Chidambaram
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Swathi Chidambaram is a researcher at the forefront of image-guided spinal surgery, with a focused expertise in surgical navigation, robotic guidance, and intraoperative imaging. Her major contribution lies in developing and validating methods to seamlessly transfer preoperatively planned pedicle screw trajectories into the intraoperative environment—a critical challenge in complex spinal procedures. Her most cited work, "Elastic Image Fusion Software to Coregister Preoperatively Planned Pedicle Screws With Intraoperative Computed Tomography Data for Image-Guided Spinal Surgery" (2021), addresses the fundamental problem of anatomic alignment changes between preoperative and intraoperative states. This innovative fusion software enables surgeons to maintain the precision of their preoperative plans despite patient positioning shifts, directly enhancing the accuracy and safety of robotic-assisted spinal instrumentation. With 7 citations, this paper has already established her as a rising voice in surgical technology. Chidambaram’s research bridges the gap between preoperative planning and real-time surgical execution, making her work essential reading for engineers and clinicians advancing computer-assisted orthopedics.
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