Design, testing and modelling of a novel robotic system for trans-oesophageal ultrasound.
Journal:
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Published Date:
Jul 31, 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Trans-oesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has been widely utilized for cardiac disease diagnosis and interventional procedure guidance. However, the TOE operator is required to manually manipulate the probe, often for long periods of time and sometimes in an X-ray environment where there is exposure to ionizing radiation.