Automatic tracking of laparoscopic instruments by color coding

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1205, Issue , 1997, Pages 357-366

  Wei, Guo Qing ^a   Arbter, Klaus ^a   Hirzinger, Gerd ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICINE; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMATIC TRACKING; CLINICAL TESTS; COLOR HISTOGRAM; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOCATION INFORMATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84889299648     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0029257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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