ASSIST - Automated system for surgical instrument and sponge tracking

2008 IEEE International Conference on RFID (Frequency Identification), IEEE RFID 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 297-302

  Rivera, Nilo ^a   Mountain, Rosemary ^a   Assumpco, Lia ^b   Williams, Allen A ^a   Cooper, A B ^a   Lewis, Douglas L ^c   Benson, Richard C ^c   Miragliotta, Joseph A ^c   Marohn, Mike ^b   Taylor, Russell H ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; EASE-OF-USE; FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

EID: 49049117199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFID.2008.4519358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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