Micro Manipulator and Forceps Navigation for Endoscopic Fetal Surgery

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-263

  Harada, Kanako ^c   Iwase, Kentaro ^a   Tsubouchi, Kota ^a   Kishi, Kousuke ^c   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^d   Chiba, Toshio ^b   Fujie, Masakatsu G ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^d PENTAX Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetal surgery; navigation; safety; surgical robot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ENDOSCOPY; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC SURGERY;

BALL JOINTS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETAL SURGERY; FOUR-WIRE; LASER FIBERS; MICRO MANIPULATORS; SURGICAL ASSISTANCE;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84874074358     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0257     Document Type: Article

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