Method for evaluating compatibility of commercial Electromagnetic (EM) micro sensor tracking systems with surgical and imaging tables

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6918, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nafis, Christopher ^a   Jensen, Vern ^b   Von Jako, Ron ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic tracker; Surgery table compatibility; Surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT; CARDIAC MAPPING; DISTORTION COMPENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMAS); FERROUS METALS; FIELD DISTORTIONS; GENERAL SURGERY; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES; LINE-OF SIGHT (LOS); MICRO SENSORS; OPTICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP ('MA' PERCEPTIVE DISTANCE); SURGICAL NAVIGATION; TRACKER ACCURACY; TRACKING PERFORMANCES; TRACKING SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES; WORKING VOLUME;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DETECTORS; IRON; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALS; NAVIGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PIGMENTS; SENSORS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISUALIZATION; WELL EQUIPMENT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 44949231326     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.769513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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