Medical robotics /

• Other Authors: Troccaz, Jocelyne
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE Ltd. ; 2012.; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, 2012.
• Series: ISTE.
• Subjects: Robotics in medicine.; Computer Simulation.; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted > methods.; Robotics.; Therapy, Computer-Assisted > methods.; MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Medical Technology.; MEDICAL > Biotechnology.; MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.; MEDICAL > Lasers in Medicine.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Biomedical.; Electronic books.

In this book, we present medical robotics, its evolution over the last 30 years in terms of architecture, design and control, and the main scientific and clinical contributions to the field. For more than two decades, robots have been part of hospitals and have progressively become a common tool for...