Standardized assessment of new electromagnetic field generators in an interventional radiology setting

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3424-3434

  Maier Hein, L ^a   Franz, A M ^a   Birkfellner, W ^b   Hummel, J ^b   Gergel, I ^a   Wegner, I ^a   Meinzer, H P ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

accuracy assessment; assessment protocol; computer assisted interventions; electromagnetic field generator; electromagnetic tracking

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860245107     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4712222     Document Type: Article

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