Laser-Induced fluorescence and reflected white light imaging for robot-assisted MIS

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 889-892

  Noonan, David P ^a   Elson, Daniel S ^a   Mylonas, George P ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Laser optics; Minimally invasive surgery (MIS); Robotics

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED JOINTS; DUAL MODES; EFFECTIVE IMAGING; EX-VIVO; FLEXIBLE FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; IMAGE GUIDES; IN PLANES; IN-VIVO; LARGER FIELDS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS); OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; ROTATIONAL FREEDOMS; SUPERCONTINUUM LASERS; TARGET ILLUMINATIONS; WHITE LIGHTS;

FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; LIGHT; MINING; MULTIMODE FIBERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

MIS DEVICES;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LAPAROSCOPE; LASER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHANTOM; ROBOTICS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WHITE LIGHT;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 65349093483     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2006623     Document Type: Article

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