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What are some of the general requirements for medical position sensors?
What are some of the general requirements for medical position sensors?
- Update rate, patient safety, accuracy, and number of targets simultaneously trackable (correct)
- Accuracy, form factors, patient nationality, and working envelope
- Working envelope, biocompatibility, update frequency, and patient safety
- Working envelope, degrees of freedom (DOF), electrical interference, and biocompatibility
Which of the following is not considered a requirement for surgical position sensors?
Which of the following is not considered a requirement for surgical position sensors?
- Weight of tracking targets
- Line-of-sight problems (correct)
- Update rate
- Biocompatibility issues
What dimensions are usually necessary to determine the position of a tracked device?
What dimensions are usually necessary to determine the position of a tracked device?
- 5 degrees of freedom (5 DOF)
- 2 degrees of freedom (2 DOF)
- 3 degrees of freedom (3 DOF) (correct)
- 6 degrees of freedom (6 DOF)
What range of tip measurement is usually required for surgical devices?
What range of tip measurement is usually required for surgical devices?
Why is it possible for the positional accuracy requirement to be overspecified in some cases?
Why is it possible for the positional accuracy requirement to be overspecified in some cases?
What is a potential tolerance range for raw errors in specialized applications like electrophysiological mapping?
What is a potential tolerance range for raw errors in specialized applications like electrophysiological mapping?
What is a fundamental requirement of all surgical systems?
What is a fundamental requirement of all surgical systems?
In surgical robotic systems, how can the location and trajectory of the end effector be determined?
In surgical robotic systems, how can the location and trajectory of the end effector be determined?
What has been used in the field of metrology?
What has been used in the field of metrology?
What is a characteristic of some position sensors used in medical devices?
What is a characteristic of some position sensors used in medical devices?
What is NOT a type of position sensor used in IGI systems?
What is NOT a type of position sensor used in IGI systems?
What is a common application of position sensors?
What is a common application of position sensors?
