Locomotion techniques for robotic colonoscopy

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 49-56

  Kassim, Irwan ^a   Phee, Louis ^b   Ng, Wan S ^c,d,e,l   Gong, Feng ^d   Dario, Paolo ^f,g,h,i,j,k   Mosse, Charles A ^d  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d IMechE ^*

^e Computer Medical Intervention Laboratory ^*  (Singapore)

^f SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j EPFL   (Switzerland)

^k WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l School of Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HIGH FIBER DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33746154541     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2006.1636351     Document Type: Review

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