Current and emerging robot-assisted endovascular catheterization technologies: A review

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 697-715

  Rafii Tari, Hedyeh ^a   Payne, Christopher J ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovascular intervention; Ergonomics and skill assessment; Image guidance and navigation; Robot assisted catheterization

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DIAGNOSIS; ERGONOMICS; RADIATION; ROBOTICS; TOOLS;

ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; IMAGE GUIDANCES; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRA-OPERATIVE IMAGING; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; ROBOT-ASSISTED CATHETERIZATION; SKILL ASSESSMENT;

ROBOTS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATOR; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SENSOR; SIMULATOR; STEREOTACTIC DEVICE; STEREOTAXIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84898596332     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0946-8     Document Type: Review

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