© CNRS Audiovisuel France - 1990

Surgery Assisted by Computer

Reference

71

Duration

00:05:00

Production year

1990

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4/3
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Summary

A CNRS team in Grenoble uses a robot to help carry out a stereotactic cranial biopsy. The robot, guided by software that processes NMR and X-ray imagery into a 3-D model, optimizes the path taken by surgical instruments.

Scientific topics

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