Electromagnetic tracking in the clinical environment

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 876-892

  Yaniv, Ziv ^a   Wilson, Emmanuel ^a   Lindisch, David ^b   Cleary, Kevin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy analysis; Electromagnetic tracking; Image guided therapy; Usability study

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; METADATA; TRACKING (POSITION);

ACCURACY ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEMS; IMAGE GUIDED PROCEDURES; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; USABILITY STUDIES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITOR;

EID: 61349091003     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3075829     Document Type: Article

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