A new mechatronic assistance system for the neurosurgical operating theatre: Implementation, assessment of accuracy and application concepts

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Rachinger, Jens ^a,b   Bumm, Klaus ^a   Wurm, Jochen ^a   Bohr, Christopher ^a   Nissen, Urs ^a   Dannenmann, Tim ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Iro, Heinrich ^a   Nimsky, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frameless stereotaxy, accuracy; Neurosurgery; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; HEAD; MECHATRONIC ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34547874285     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103264     Document Type: Article

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