Smart sensing systems for surgical tool-points

15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-162

  Brett, P N ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; HISTOLOGY; MECHATRONICS; SENSORS; SURGERY;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SMART SENSING; SURGICAL TOOLS; TISSUE SURFACES;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 61949386799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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