Example 1
Provided herein is an exemplary embodiment of workflow for tracking and registering a knee joint using markers that are drilled into the in tibia and femur of the knee joint in the patient and protrude out from their placement site. The placement of the marker in order to track and register the bones of the knee joint is an invasive procedure that damages the tissue at and around the knee joint. The marker is used in marker-based tracking to track and register the knee joint and in robot-assisted surgical systems. Such invasive fixation of markers to bones may lead to complications, infections, nerve injury, and bone fracture. The marker fixation may reduce the flexibility during the procedure as the protruding markers may get in the way during the procedure. The surgical procedure may take longer to fix the marker into place than a markerless approach.
