Design of Steerable Endoscopes to Improve the Visual Perception of Depth During Laparoscopic Surgery

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-5

  Breedveld, Paul ^a   Hirose, Shigeo ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENDOSCOPY; FEEDBACK; SURGERY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 1642602871     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1637658     Document Type: Article

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3. Breedveld, P., Stassen, H. G., Meijer, D. W., and Jakimowicz, J. J., 2000, "Observation in Laparoscopic Surgery-Overview of Impeding Effects and Supporting Aids," J. Laparoendosc Adv. Surg. Tech. A, 10(5), pp. 257-267.
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6. Breedveld, P., and Hirose S., 2002, "Development of Steerable Endoscopes to Improve Depth Perception During Laparoscopic Surgery," Proc. ASME Design Engineering Conference, Paper DETC2002/MECH-34283, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, Hotel Le Center Sheraton, Montreal, Canada, 6 pp.