Motion Planning in Medicine: Optimization and Simulation Algorithms for Image-Guided Procedures (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 50) - Hardcover

Alterovitz, Ron; Goldberg, Ken

 
9783540692577: Motion Planning in Medicine: Optimization and Simulation Algorithms for Image-Guided Procedures (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 50)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3540692576 ISBN 13: 9783540692577
Publisher: Springer, 2008

Synopsis

The monograph written by Ron Alterovitz and Ken Goldberg combines ideas from robotics, physically-based modeling, and operations research to develop new motion planning and optimization algorithms for image-guided medical procedures. A challenge clinicians commonly face is compensating for errors caused by soft tissue deformations that occur when imaging devices or surgical tools physically contact soft tissue. A number of methods are presented which can be applied to a variety of medical procedures, from biopsies to anaesthesia injections to radiation cancer treatment. They can also be extended to address problems outside the context of medical robotics, including nonholonomic motion planning for mobile robots in field or manufacturing environments.

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The monograph written by Ron Alterovitz and Ken Goldberg combines ideas from robotics, physically-based modeling, and operations research to develop new motion planning and optimization algorithms for image-guided medical procedures. A challenge clinicians commonly face is compensating for errors caused by soft tissue deformations that occur when imaging devices or surgical tools physically contact soft tissue. A number of methods are presented which can be applied to a variety of medical procedures, from biopsies to anaesthesia injections to radiation cancer treatment. They can also be extended to address problems outside the context of medical robotics, including nonholonomic motion planning for mobile robots in field or manufacturing environments. 

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540692576
ISBN 13 
9783540692577
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
172

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