Virtobot - A multi-functional robotic system for 3D surface scanning and automatic post mortem biopsy

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-27

  Ebert, Lars Christian ^a   Ptacek, Wolfgang ^b   Naether, Silvio ^a   Fürst, Martin ^b   Ross, Steffen ^a   Buck, Ursula ^a   Weber, Stefan ^a   Thali, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PROFACTOR GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biopsy; Photogrammetry; Post mortem; Robotics; Surface scanning; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SCANNING;

3D SURFACE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; POST MORTEM; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SCANNING TIME; SURFACE SCANNING; VIRTOPSY;

ROBOTICS;

ACCURACY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTOPSY; AXIS; BIOPSY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PHOTOGRAPHY; ROBOTICS; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTOBOT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77149146161     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.285     Document Type: Article

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