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Configuration of a Robot Dedicated to Stereotactic Surgery

D. Glauser, P. Flury, Ph. Durr, Hiroyasu Funakubo, C.W. Burckhardt, Jacques Favre, Peter Schnyder, Heinz Fankhauser

Year
1990
Citations
31

Abstract

The design of a robot for functional stereotactic surgery which is under construction in our laboratory is described. The main features include operation inside the computed tomographic (CT) scanner, the possibility of intraoperative CT scanning and complete handling of the stereotactic probes by the robot.

Keywords

Stereotactic surgeryComputed tomographicScannerRobotStereotaxic surgeryComputer scienceMedical physicsMedicineComputed tomographyArtificial intelligence

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