The EASI project-improving the effectiveness and quality of image-guided surgery

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 156-168

  Breeuwer, M ^a,b,c   Wadley, J P ^a   De Bliek, H L T ^a   Buurman, J ^a   Desmedt, P A C ^a   Gicles, P ^a   Gerritsen, F A ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical validation; Image guided surgery; Neurosurgery; Software and hardware prototyping; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGERY;

QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032148236     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.735780     Document Type: Article

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