Elastography for ligament characterization

A surgical system for intraoperative surgical planning for a joint of a patient, the surgical system comprising:

• an imaging system configured to obtain one or more images of an anatomy of the patient proximate to a surgical site prior to making an incision, the anatomy comprising a ligament;
• and
• a computer system coupled to the imaging system, the computer system configured to:
• receive the one or more images from the imaging system,
• assess a laxity of the joint using the one or more images and kinematic data captured during a range-of-motion test of the joint, and
• generate one or more steps of a surgical plan based on the assessed laxity.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving one or more images of an anatomy of a patient proximate to a surgical site, the one or more images obtained prior to making an incision, the anatomy comprising a ligament;
• assessing a laxity of a joint of the patient using the one or more images and kinematic data captured during a range-of-motion test of the joint;
• and
• generating one or more steps of a surgical plan based on the assessed laxity.