Febotics - A marriage of fetal surgery and robotics

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Berris, Michal ^a   Shoham, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Fetoscopy; Micro robot; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISABILITY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33750043201     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10929080600931579     Document Type: Review

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