A Framework for Calibration of Electromagnetic Surgical Navigation Systems

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 547-552

  Wu, Xiaohui ^a   Taylor, Russell H ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TRACKERS; SURGICAL NAVIGATION;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYNOMIALS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0346149792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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