Robotic telesurgery: A real-world comparison of ground- and satellite-based Internet performance

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-116

  Rayman, R ^a,b   Croome, K ^b   Galbraith, N ^b   McClure, R ^b   Morady, R ^b   Peterson, S ^b   Smith, S ^b   Subotic, V ^b   Van Wynsberghe, A ^b   Patel, R ^a,b   Primak, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SURGERY;

BACK UP; INTERNET PERFORMANCE; REAL-WORLD; SATELLITE BANDWIDTH; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SATELLITE NETWORK; SATELLITE-BASED INTERNET; TELESURGERY;

DISSECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELESURGERY;

EID: 34547583634     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.133     Document Type: Article

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