A new active microendoscope for exploring the sub-arachnoid space in the spinal cord

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2657-2662

  Ascari, Luca ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Sahoo, Sambit ^b   Rabischong, Pierre ^c   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; MANEUVERABILITY;

MICROENDOSCOPE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; SPINAL CORD;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344153864     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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