Design and testing of a Robotic system for MR image-guided interventions

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-196

  Christoforou, Eftychios G ^a   Tsekos, Nikolaos Y ^a   Özcan, Alpay ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical robotics; MR image guided robotic intervention; MR compatibility; MR compatible manipulator; PC based control; U joints transmission

Indexed keywords

IMAGE-GUIDED; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MR-COMPATIBILITY; MR-COMPATIBLE; PC-BASED CONTROL;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTICS; SCANNING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 44349132610     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-006-9082-0     Document Type: Article

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