Design and preliminary validation of a rapid automated biosodimetry tool for high througput radiological triage

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 61-67

  Chen, Youhua ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Wang, Hongliang ^a   Garty, Guy ^b   Xu, Yanping ^b   Lyulko, Oleksandra V ^b   Turner, Helen C ^b   Randers Pehrson, Gerhard ^b   Simaan, Nabil ^a   Lawrence Yao, Y ^a   Brenner, D J ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODOSIMETRY; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LASER CUTTING SYSTEMS; NON-CONTACT; PARAMETER DETERMINATION; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; ROBOTIC AUTOMATION; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; TIME CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER VISION; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; RADIOLOGY; REAL TIME CONTROL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN;

EID: 79961047458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-86425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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