Medical robotics and computer-integrated surgery

Springer Handbook of Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1657-1683

  Taylor, Russell H ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^b   Fichtinger, Gabor ^c   Fiorini, Paolo ^d   Dario, Paolo ^b  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Haptic feedback; Needle placement; Surgical instrument; Surgical simulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069159483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_63     Document Type: Chapter

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