Characteristics of an Improved Magnetic-Implant Guidance System

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 802-808

  McNeil, Robert G ^a   Ritter, Rogers C ^b   Wang, Bert ^c   Lawson, Michael A ^d   Gillies, George T ^b   Wika, Kevin G ^b   Quate, Elizabeth G ^b,e   Howard, Matthew A ^f,g   Grady, M Sean ^f  

^a Stereotaxis Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Wang NMR Inc   (United States)

^d Stereotaxis Inc   (United States)

^e MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; FORCE CONTROL; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SYSTEM STABILITY; TISSUE;

BRAIN PHANTOM MATERIAL; EARNSHAW'S THEOREM; FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPULSIVE STEPWISE MOTION; MAGNETIC IMPLANT GUIDANCE SYSTEM; MAGNETIC STEREOTAXIS SYSTEM (MSS); PERMANENT MAGNETIC PELLETS; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIPOLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HELMET; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHANTOM; POWER SUPPLY; STEREOTAXIS;

BRAIN; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029347452     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.398641     Document Type: Article

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