Navigation in endoscopic soft tissue surgery: Perspectives and limitations

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 751-766

  Baumhauer, Matthias ^a   Feuerstein, Marco ^b   Meinzer, Hans Peter ^a   Rassweiler, J ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42249091045     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.9827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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