Integration of UWB and wireless pressure mapping in surgical navigation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2550-2564

  Mahfouz, Mohamed R ^a   Kuhn, Michael J ^a   To, Gary ^a   Fathy, Aly E ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor positioning; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Surgical navigation; Telemetry; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODEL; FEMORAL CONDYLES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; IEEE 802.15.4A; IEEE802.11A; INDOOR POSITIONING; INDOOR TRACKING; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); NEW APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRESSURE MAPPING; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; SURGICAL TOOLS; TELEMETRY; TIME PRESSURES; UWB RECEIVERS; UWB TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS POSITIONING; WIRELESS PRESSURE SENSORS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NAVIGATION; OPERATING ROOMS; SENSORS; STANDARDS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 70350200865     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029721     Document Type: Article

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