Techniques for epicardial mapping and ablation with a miniature robotic walker
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Present treatments for ventricular tachycardia have significant drawbacks. To
ameliorate these drawbacks, it may be advantageous to employ an epicardial robotic walker
that performs mapping and ablation with precise control of needle insertion depth. This paper
examines the feasibility of such a system.
Date issued
2017Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyJournal
Robotic Surgery: Research and Reviews
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Informa UK Limited
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Meglan, Dwight, Lv, Wener, Cohen, Richard and Riviere, Cameron. 2017. "Techniques for epicardial mapping and ablation with a miniature robotic walker." Robotic Surgery: Research and Reviews, Volume 4.
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