Performance assessment of an RFID system for automatic surgical sponge detection in a surgery room

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn 2015-November, Issue , 2015, Pages 3149-3152

  Dinis, H ^a   Zamith, M ^a   Mendes, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL SPONGE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL SPONGES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84953226770     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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