A medical needle drive for the study of interstitial implant mechanics

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-258

  Lefrancois R ^a   Sloboda, R S ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical needle drive; Soft tissue mechanics; Stepper motor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; MECHANICAL DRIVES; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SYRINGES;

MEDICAL NEEDLES;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

GELATIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; IMPLANT; MOTION; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037394485     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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