Medical robotics : minimally invasive surgery / edited by Paula Gomes. - Cambridge : Philadelphia : Woodhead Pub Ltd, 2012. - xxiv, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials ; no. 51 . - Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials ; no. 51. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS) -- Localization and tracking technologies for medical robotics -- Robotics for neurosurgery -- Robotic systems for cardiovascular interventions -- Robotics in orthopaedic surgery -- Robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery -- Robotics in ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery -- Robotic-assisted vitreoretinal surgery -- Robotics for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) -- Mesoscale mobile robots for gastrointestinal minimally invasive surgery (MIS) -- Robotic surgery and ethical issues.

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Robotics in medicine.
Artificial intelligence--Medical applications.

R857.R63 / M43 2012

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