Magnetic resonance imaging-compatible, three-degrees-of-freedom joystick for surgical robot

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-371

  Harja, Juha ^a   Tikkanen, Jussi ^b   Sorvoja, Hannu ^a   Myllylä, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b National Semiconductor   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; Fibre optic; Joystick; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUROSURGERY; OPTICAL FIBERS; RESONANCE; ROBOTIC SURGERY;

'CURRENT; COHERENT DETECTION; DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; FIBER-OPTICS; HIGH-PRECISION; IMAGING DEVICE; JOYSTICK; ROBOT ARMS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTRONICS; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; ROBOTICS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38949184244     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.159     Document Type: Article

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