A soft robotics approach for navigated pedicle screw placement: First experimental results

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2006, Pages 205-207

  Ortmaier, T ^a   Weiss, H ^a   Ott, C ^a   Hirzinger, G ^a   Schreiber, U ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hands on robotics; Intraoperative navigation; Machining force; Pedicle screw placement; Pose error; Robotic surgery; Soft robotics; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748971182     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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