Title :
Conception of stereotactic instruments for the neurosurgical robot minerva
Author :
Villotte, N. ; Glauser, D. ; Flury, P. ; Burckhardt, C.W.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Microeng., Fed. Inst. of Technol. of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
A robotized installation has been designed to perform complete stereotactic neurosurgical operations inside the CT-scan, including processing of the scanner images, positioning of the robot arm aiming at the target point, and manipulation of the different probes. The first prototype of the robot has entered a phase of programming and testing while various stereotactic instruments are being completed. The robot has been described in [1]. The development of specific tools is the main subject of this paper.
Keywords :
computerised tomography; medical robotics; neurophysiology; surgery; CT-scan; neurosurgical robot Minerva; robot arm; robotized installation; scanner images; stereotactic instruments; stereotactic neurosurgical operations; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Neurosurgery; Optical imaging; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-0816-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761367
