Surgical Neurology
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 640-647 , June 2009

Image-guided robotic neurosurgery—an in vitro and in vivo point accuracy evaluation experimental study

  • Frank Chan, MEng

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Integrated Medical Systems Laboratory, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore. Tel.: +65 6357 7637; fax: +65 6357 7137.
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  • Irwan Kassim, MEng

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Integrated Medical Systems Laboratory, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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  • Charles Lo, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Integrated Medical Systems Laboratory, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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  • Chi Long Ho, MD, MChir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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  • David Low, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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  • Beng Ti Ang, FRCS (SN)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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  • Ivan Ng, FRCS (SN)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore 308433, Singapore

Received 29 August 2007 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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☆ This work was funded by the Biomedical Research Council research grant (BMRC 04-1-33-19-349).

PII: S0090-3019(08)00580-6

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.06.008

Surgical Neurology
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 640-647 , June 2009

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