Risk analysis and safety assessment in surgical robotics: A case study on a biopsy robot

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-31

  Korb, W ^a   Kornfeld, M ^b   Birkfellner, W ^c   Boesecke, R ^a   Figl, M ^c   Fuerst, M ^b   Kettenbach, J ^c   Vogler, A ^b   Hassfeld, S ^a   Kornreif, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Image guided surgery; Interventional radiology; Man machine interaction; Medical robotics; Risk analysis; Surgical manipulator; Surgical robotics; Technology challenges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INJURY;

EID: 15344350840     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700510010827     Document Type: Article

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