Evaluation of a new electromagnetic tracking system using a standardized assessment protocol

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Hummel, J ^a,b   Figl, M ^a   Birkfellner, W ^a   Bax, M R ^c   Shahidi, R ^c   Maurer Jr , C R ^c   Bergmann, H ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM; ERROR ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; OFFSETS; POSITIONAL JITTER;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM; EVALUATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; STANDARDIZATION;

AUSTRIA; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33646493693     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/10/N01     Document Type: Article

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