The Probot-an active robot for prostate resection

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-325

  Harris, S J ^a   Arambula Cosio, F ^a   Mei, Q ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prostate resection; Robot; Soft tissue modelling; Transurethral ultrasound imaging; TURP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIATHERMY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIATHERMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; USER INTERFACES;

PROSTATE RESECTION; PROSTATECTOMY ROBOT; SOFT TISSUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE; TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

SURGERY;

EID: 0030629688     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534449     Document Type: Article

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