STING: A soft-tissue intervention and neurosurgical guide to access deep brain lesions through curved trajectories

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

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 775-788

  Frasson, L ^a   Ko, S Y ^a   Turner, A ^a   Parittotokkaporn, T ^a   Vincent, J F ^b   Rodriguez Y Baena, F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Medical robotics; Needle steering; Soft tissue surgery; Steerable probe; Wood boring wasp

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL ROBOTICS; NEEDLE STEERING; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT-TISSUE SURGERY; STEERABLE PROBE; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; TRAJECTORY PLANNING; WOOD BORINGS;

BIOMIMETICS; BORING; NEEDLES; NEUROSURGERY; PROBES; ROBOTICS; TANKERS (SHIPS); TRAJECTORIES; SURGERY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEURONAVIGATION; ROBOTICS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77953354445     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM663     Document Type: Article

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