Optical measurement of needle insertion depth

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 799-804

  Seidl, Karsten ^a   Fichtinger, Gabor ^a   Kazanzides, Peter ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical robotics; Needle insertion; Optical encoder

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL ROBOTICS; NEEDLE INSERTION; OPTICAL ENCODERS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICROCONTROLLERS; NEEDLES; SENSORS; TUMORS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845562239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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