Volumetric characterization of the Aurora magnetic tracker system for image-guided transorbital endoscopic procedures

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4355-4368

  Atuegwu, N C ^a   Galloway, R L ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; EYE PROTECTION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSORS; SPACE PROBES;

AVERAGE SIZE; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKERS; GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; HUMAN HEAD; IMAGE-GUIDED; LINE OF SIGHT; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MINIMUM ERROR; OPTIC NERVES; ORBITAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHIC; VOLUMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION; WORKING VOLUME;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETICS; OPTIC NERVE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 51849130442     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/16/009     Document Type: Article

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