Robot-assisted minimally invasive lung brachytherapy

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Trejos, A L ^a,b   Lin, A W ^a   Pytel, M P ^a   Patel, R V ^a,b   Malthaner, R A ^a,b  

^a Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics CSTAR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic tracking; Image guidance; Lung brachytherapy; Medical robotics; Minimally invasive surgery; Robot assisted surgery and therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; ROBOTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; LUNG BRACHYTHERAPY; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOT-ASSISTED THERAPIES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOACTIVITY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASOUND; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEEDLES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34248187961     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.126     Document Type: Article

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