Automation of colonoscopy part II. Visual-Control aspects: Interpreting images with a computer to automatically maneuver the colonoscope

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 81-88

  Phee, S J ^a,d   Ng, W S ^a,c,d,e   Chen, I M ^a,d,f,g,h   Seow Choen, F ^b,i   Davies, B L ^c,j,k,l,m  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h IEEE

ⁱ SGH

^j SGH ^*

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m UK Engineering

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

COLONOSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AUTOMATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER; ENDOSCOPE; ILLUMINATION; MODEL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 0032077592     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.677173     Document Type: Review

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3. Tan CS: Computerized detection of lumen boundary in robotic colonoscopy for medical diagnosis. M. Eng Thesis. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1995.