Robotic and artificial intelligence for keyhole neurosurgery: The Robocast project, a multi-modal autonomous path planner

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 715-727

  De Momi, E ^a   Ferrigno, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Keyhole neurosurgery; ROBOCAST project; Robotic assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTION; CLOSED-LOOP; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CURRENT STATUS; DESCRIPTORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; EUROPEAN UNION; FIELD SENSORS; FUZZY RISK; HIGH LEVEL CONTROLLERS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTRA-OPERATIVE; KEYHOLE NEUROSURGERY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERS; LOCAL DRUG DELIVERY; MULTI-MODAL; PATH PLANNERS; REAL IMAGES; RISK ESTIMATION; ROBOCAST PROJECT; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SENSORS INTEGRATION; SENSORY INPUT; SMART INTERFACE; CURRENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERIES;

DRUG DELIVERY; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NEUROSURGERY; RISK PERCEPTION; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIAGNOSIS; ROBOTS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77952331731     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM585     Document Type: Article

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