Development and in vitro testing of a miniature robotic system for computer-assisted colonoscopy

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Dario, Paolo ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a   Pietrabissa, Andrea ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Endoscopy; Medical robotics; Microengineering; Microsystems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; ROBOTICS; SWINE;

EID: 0032801026     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1999)4:1<1::AID-IGS1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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