3-Axis magnetic sensor array system for tracking magnet's position and orientation

Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 5304-5308

  Hu, Chao ^a,b   Meng, Max Q H ^c   Mandal, Mrinal ^b   Wang, Xiaona ^c  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Localization and orientation; Magnet; Magnetic tracking system

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETS; SENSOR ARRAYS;

COMPUTER SAMPLING CIRCUITS; EXCITATION SOURCES; MAGNETIC LOCALIZATION; MAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME TRACKING SYSTEM;

MAGNETIC SENSORS;

EID: 34047192470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2006.1714082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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