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Electromagnetic Tissue Fusion Using Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: First Experience with Rabbit Aorta

Large open surgical approaches are being extensively replaced by endoscopic and robotic techniques. Yet, these developments have not been paralleled by the necessary improvements in tissue adaptation, fusion or fixation. In order to advance the surgical ar ...

2008

Haptic interface design and control with application to surgery simulation

Ulrich Spälter

This thesis proposes a framework for haptic devices interacting with virtual environments. As application of the theoretical results a haptic device for the surgical training of hysteroscopy, a gynecologic intervention, is presented. Surgery simulators, wh ...

EPFL2006

Online Classifier Adaptation in Brain-Computer Interfaces

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Anna Buttfield

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) aim to provide a new channel of communication by enabling the subject to control an external systems by using purely mental commands. One method of doing this without invasive surgical procedures is by measuring the electri ...

IDIAP2006

Cross Validation of Experts Versus Registration Methods for Target Localization in Deep Brain Stimulation

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Reto Meuli, Olivier Cuisenaire, Francisco Javier Sanchez Castro

In the last five years, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has become the most popular and effective surgical technique for the treatment of Parkinsons disease (PD). The Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) is the usual target involved when applying DBS. Unfortunately, th ...

EUSIPCO2005

The fetlock tunnel syndrome in horses: literature review and retrospective study

Ursula Röthlisberger

The annular ligament constriction is characterized by a disproportion between the available space and the contents within the fetlock tunnel. The main symptoms are a persisting lameness, distention of the tendon sheath, a typical "notch" when the fetlock i ...

2001

Displacements of the tibial tuberosity - Effects of the surgical parameters

Dominique Pioletti, Lalaonirina Rakotomanana Ravelonarivo, Pierre-François Leyvraz

A three-dimensional computer model is used, based on the finite element method, to investigate the effects of 1-, 1.5-, and 2-cm tibial tubercle elevations and of 0.5- and 1-cm medial displacements of the tuberosity performed with different bone shingles. ...

1997

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