Spine Registration Using 3D-Scanning

Inclusion criteria

• Patients that require exposure of posterior bony anatomy for visualization as standard of care.
• Patients will have had a CT scan performed prior to the procedure as standard of care, or is expected to have a CT scan intraoperatively as standard of care.
• Clinically planned for spine surgery.
• Able to provide written informed consent from subject, using IRB approved consent form and agrees to comply with protocol requirements.
• Patients who do not speak English will be allowed to participate, with the expectation that the site will provide interpreter services to help with the consent process.

Exclusion criteria

• Language problems that would prevent from properly understanding instructions in any language.
• Patients less than 18 years of age or older than 80 years of age
• Patients who are excluded from consideration for the surgical procedure are therefore excluded from the research study.
• Special populations: pregnant women, prisoners.
• Minimally invasive spine surgery that does not expose the necessary bone/s.
• Spine surgery without posterior exposure.
• Patients considered high risk for anesthesia, as determined by operative surgeon