Flexible needle steering system for percutaneous access to deep zones of the brain

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 103-104

  Engh, J A ^a,b   Podnar, G ^a   Khoo, S Y ^a   Riviere, C N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; CATHETERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; TRAJECTORIES;

CEREBRAL STRUCTURES; NEEDLE STEERING SYSTEMS; PERCUTANEOUS ACCESSES;

NEEDLES;

EID: 33751107995     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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