Electromagnetic tracking in surgical and interventional environments: usability study

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 253-262

  Lugez, Elodie ^a   Sadjadi, Hossein ^a   Pichora, David R ^a   Ellis, Randy E ^a   Akl, Selim G ^a   Fichtinger, Gabor ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy analysis; Electromagnetic tracking; Image guided therapy; Surgical navigation; Usability study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; GENERATOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84923698876     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-014-1110-0     Document Type: Article

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