Paragraph Number

52

In the illustrated embodiment, the medical imaging system can be configured such that the center point 120 of the coordinate system of the medical imaging system is in the center of the body 102 of a particular vertebra 100 of a patient. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the center point 120 could also be on the most anterior surface of the cortical wall of the body, or any other location on the vertebra 100. In one embodiment, the coordinate system includes a medial-lateral (ML) axis 122, an anterior-posterior (AP) axis 124, and a cephalad-caudal (CC) axis 126 (going into and out of the page). The ML axis 122 can lie within the coronal plane and/or may be parallel to the coronal plane. The AP axis 124 can lie within the sagittal plane and/or may be parallel to the sagittal plane, AP plane, median plane, and/or the midline plane. The CC axis 126 can be perpendicular to the transverse plane or axial plane and/or may be parallel to the transverse plane or axial plane.

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