Virtobot 2.0: The future of automated surface documentation and CT-guided needle placement in forensic medicine

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-186

  Ebert, Lars Christian ^a   Ptacek, Wolfgang ^b   Breitbeck, Robert ^a   Fürst, Martin ^b   Kronreif, Gernot ^b   Martinez, Rosa Maria ^a   Thali, Michael ^a   Flach, Patricia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Integrated Microsystems Austria GmbH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Forensic imaging; Image guided; Needle placement; Robotic; Surface scanning; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84898538645     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9520-9     Document Type: Article

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