An accessible, hands-on tutorial system for image-guided therapy and medical robotics using a robot and open-source software

@article{Pace2007AnAH,
  title={An accessible, hands-on tutorial system for image-guided therapy and medical robotics using a robot and open-source software},
  author={Danielle Frances Pace and Ron Kikinis and Nobuhiko Hata},
  journal={The Insight Journal},
  year={2007}
}
This paper describes a new open-source tutorial for image-guided therapy (IGT) and medical robotics that is both accessible and hands-on using the LEGO Mindstorms NXT (a commercially available robotics kit) and 3D Slicer (an open-source application for medical image processing). The tutorial covers all stages of a typical IGT or medical robotics procedure, including the concepts of imaging, preoperative planning, targeting and tracking, navigation and registration, by using the LEGO robot to… 
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