Operating microscopes: Past, present, and future

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Uluç, Kutluay ^a   Kujoth, Gregory C ^a   Başkaya, Mustafa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Loupe; Microscope; Microsurgery; Operating microscope; Optic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349569251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.FOCUS09120     Document Type: Article

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