A CT scan is taken of the patient on the operating table, which is then projected in the headset, “so you get very detailed information of where you are in somebody’s spine,” he said.

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For detecting CS injury, the sensitivity and specificity of CT were 90.9–100%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity were both 100% for clinically significant CS injuries.