Simultaneous localization and calibration for electromagnetic tracking systems

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-198

  Sadjadi, Hossein ^a   Hashtrudi Zaad, Keyvan ^a   Fichtinger, Gabor ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

calibration; electromagnetic tracking; field distortion compensation; sensor fusion; simultaneous localization and mapping; surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; STEEL;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSOR; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; TRACKING ERROR;

EID: 84973911571     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1670     Document Type: Article

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