Hazard analysis of EUCLIDIAN: An image-guided robotic brachytherapy system

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1249-1252

  Hu, Yida ^b   Podder, Tarun ^a,b,d   Buzurovic, Ivan ^b   Yan, Kaiguo ^b   Ng, Wan Sing ^c   Yu, Yan ^b  

^a IEEE

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM; SAFETY INSURANCE CONTROL;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INSURANCE; NANOSENSORS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

ROBOTICS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; NEEDLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDLES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 57649178495     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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