Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia
Lead faculty member: Dr. David Wilson, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia
The Canadian National Trauma Registry have recorded that out of 109,738 major injuries occurring in 1999, 4531 had a pelvis fracture. Traditional intraoperative imaging modality in orthopaedic surgery is 2D fluoroscopy which makes identification of 3D bone surfaces very difficult and exposes the patient and the surgical team to harmful ionizing radiation. Ultrasound has traditionally been used to image the body's soft tissue, organs, and blood flow in real time.
