An investigation of the potential of rapid prototyping technology for image-guided surgery

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 81-98

  Rajon, Didier A ^a   Bova, Frank J ^a   Bhasin, Rick ^a   Friedman, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided surgery; Rapid prototyping; Stereotactic frame

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; STANDARD; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34548283510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v7i4.2302     Document Type: Article

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