Tomorrow's surgery: Micromotors and microrobots for minimally invasive procedures

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-352

  Flynn, A M ^a,c   Udayakumar, K R ^a   Barrett, D S ^a   McLurkin, J D ^a   Franck, D L ^a   Shectman, A N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Micromotors; Minimally invasive therapy; Robots; Tele medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031758315     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709809152878     Document Type: Article

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