The VN project: Endoscopic image processing for neurosurgery

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-148

  Konen, W ^a,b   Scholz, M ^a   Tombrock, S ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ZN Bochum GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Image processing; Neurosurgery; VN project

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

CALIBRATION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TELEVISION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032444928     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1998)3:3<144::AID-IGS6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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