Autonomous surgical robotics using 3-D ultrasound guidance: Feasibility study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Whitman, John ^a   Fronheiser, Matthew P ^a   Ivancevich, Nikolas M ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Autonomous; Biopsy; Robotics; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEEDLES; PLANNING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SCANNING; SURGERY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; WATER TANKS;

3-D ULTRASOUND; AUTONOMOUS; AVERAGE PATH LENGTH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL; FRAME OF REFERENCE; THRESHOLDING ALGORITHMS; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 42049092957     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460702900402     Document Type: Article

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