Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 413-431 , May 2007

Needle insertion into soft tissue: A survey

  • Niki Abolhassani

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +1 519 663 3111; fax: +1 519 663 8401.
    • ,
  • Rajni Patel

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +1 519 663 3111; fax: +1 519 663 8401.
    • ,
  • Mehrdad Moallem

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Received 5 August 2005 ,Revised 26 June 2006 ,Accepted 4 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.07.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 413-431 , May 2007

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