The development of a microrobot system for colonoscopy

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

Volumn 1205, Issue , 1997, Pages 777-788

  Carrozza, M C ^a   Lencioni, L ^a   Magnani, B ^a   D'attanasio, S ^a   Dario, P ^a   Pietrabissa, A ^b   Trivella, M G ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY; SURGERY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; HUMAN/MACHINE INTERFACES; INCORPORATING DEVICES; MICRO-ROBOT SYSTEMS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY AND THERAPIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS(SMA);

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84956626054     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0029303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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