Multi-turn, tension-stiffening catheter navigation system

In poorly constrained extra-vascular environments such as hollow viscera, current catheter navigation techniques are restricted to simple paths and therefore limit a doctor's ability to position the catheter. This paper presents a new catheter positioning system that enables faster and more acc...

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Main Authors: Gupta, Rajiv, Chen, Yi, Chang, Jean H., Greenlee, Alison S., Cheung, Kenneth Chun-Wai, Slocum, Alexander H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Bits and Atoms
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79683
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-3031
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-8011
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-4109
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-2447