CAOS-International

The Best Poster Awards will be given for the best poster presentations at the annual CAOS-International meeting. The decision will be made by a board of referees and the awardsbe presented at the end of the meeting.

1999
Best Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
DOUBLE BUNDLE ANATOMIC ACL-RECONSTRUCTION WITH CAS
A.B. Wymenga, J. Luites, L. Blankevoort, R. vd Venne, M. Sati and H.-U. Stäubli
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Orthopedic Research Laboratory, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; M.E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Tiefenauspital, Bern, Switzerland

2000
Best Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY: APPLICATIONS TO THE CERVICAL AND THORACIC SPINE. A REVIEW OF THE FIRST 120 PROCEDURES
C. Bolger and W. WigfieldDepartment of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK

2001
Best Clinical Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
ACCURACY OF ISO-C-ARM BASED NAVIGATED DRILL HOLES AT THE PROXIMAL FEMUR
M. Arand, L. Kinzl, F. Gebhard
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Clinic Ulm, Germany

Best Basic Science Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
A PERIPROSTHETIC DENSITOMETRY AND MORPHOMETRY IN THE VICINITY OF HIP ENDOPROTHESES - A SOFTWARE PROTOTYPE FOR THE CLINICAL ROUTINE
J. Freund, R. Petzold, R. Schmidt, H. Hirschfelder, W.A. Kalender
Department of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen, Germany

2002
Best Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
NON-INVASIVE MR TO 3D ROTATIONAL X-RAY REGISTRATION OF VETREBRAL BODIES
E. B. van de Kraats, Th. van Walsum, J.-J. Verlaan, W. J. Niessen
University Medical Center Utrecht and Image Sciences Institute, The Netherlands

2003
Best Clinical Poster Award
MINIMALLY INVASIVE UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROTHESIS IMPLANTATION WITH A NON-IMAGE BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM
J. Y. Jenny, C. Boeri
Centre de Traumatologie et Orthopédie, Strasbourg, France

Best ScientificPoster Award
REAL-TIME STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR PREOPERATVIE SURGICAL PLANNING
S. Olsen, S. J. Ferguson, C. Sigrist, I. Pappas, L. P. Nolte, M. Caversaccio
M.E. Müller Research Center for Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland

2004
Best Poster Award
A FORCE-SENSING DEVICE FOR LIGAMENT BALANCING IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
D. Crottet, T. Maeder, D. Fritschy, H. Bleuler, L.P. Nolte, I.P. Pappas
M.E. Müller Research Center for Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland

2005
Best Clinical Poster Award (sponsored by ORTON Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, Finland)
EVALUATION OF PROXIMAL FEMUR BONE MINERAL DENSITY USING DIGITALIZED PLAIN X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY OF THE HIP
I. Ilsar, A. Hareven, I. Leichter, . J. Foldes, Y. Mattan, M. Liebergall

Best Technical Poster Award (sponsored by Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)
THE ACCURACY OF FEMURAL ANTEVERSION DETERMINED BY NAVIGATED ULTRASOUND
S. Klein, A. Otto, J. Kozak, L. Kinzl, P. Keppler

Best Clinical Poster Award (sponsored by Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)
COMPUTER ASSISTED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY WITH LIGAMENT BALANCING TECHNIQUE USING AN INTERNAL TENSIOMETER LOWERS MANIPULATION RATE IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
M. Swank, L. L. Korbee
Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research Institute, Cincinnati Ohio, USA

Best Technical Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
AN EASY-TO-USE PHANTOM WITH REDUCED COMPLEXITY FOR AUTOMATEDFREEHAND OLTRASOUND CALIBRATION IN THE OPERATING ROOM AND LARGE-SCALE COST-EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURE
K. Chen, P. Abolmaesumi, R. E. Ellis
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2007
Best Clinical Poster Award (sponsored by Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)
CAS - FOR SHOULDER ARTROPLASTY - SHORT TERM RESULTS
H. Wahab, P. Kilian, K. Rajaomanana
Clinique Saint-Léonard, Trélazé, Fance

Technical Poster Award (sponsored by Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada)
IMPROVING FUNCTIONAL ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS USING 2D/3D REGISTRATION
K. Eckman, D. Davidson, M. Slomczykowski, D. Beverland, B. Jaramaz
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2008
Best Clinical Poster Award (sponsored by B. Braun Aesculap)
EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL ACCURACY OF A CT-BASED NAVIGATION FOR FEMORAL STEM ORIENTATION AND LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY.
M. Kitada, N. Nakamura, N. Sugano, A. Kakimoto, D. Iwana, T. Nishii, H. Miki
Center of Arthroplasty, Kyowaki Hospital, 1-24-1, Kishibe-kita, Suita, Osaka

Best Technical Poster Award (sponsored by Ziehm Imaging)
A METHOD IMPROVING THE WORKFLOW AND THE REGISTRATION ROBUSTNESS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED SPINE SURGERY
M. Peterhans, H. Talib, J. Garcia, M. A. Gonzàlez Ballester
M.E. Müller Research Center for Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland