This paper describes the analysis and the improvement of an electromagnetic tracking system (EMTS) for surgical survey. The system is based on inductive coupling between five transmitting coils and a small coil censor, in order to overcome line-of-sight dependence.The performance of the control loop of coils excitation currents is investigated, ruling out coupling side effects which may potentially affect system's performance.The results show a significant reduction of both voltage and current error, which may result in a more accurate position estimation.
Performance analysis of an electromagnetic tracking system for surgical navigation
Mattia Alessandro Ragolia;Gregorio Andria;Filippo Attivissimo;Attilio Di Nisio;Anna Maria Lucia Lanzolla;Maurizio Spadavecchia;
2019-01-01
Abstract
This paper describes the analysis and the improvement of an electromagnetic tracking system (EMTS) for surgical survey. The system is based on inductive coupling between five transmitting coils and a small coil censor, in order to overcome line-of-sight dependence.The performance of the control loop of coils excitation currents is investigated, ruling out coupling side effects which may potentially affect system's performance.The results show a significant reduction of both voltage and current error, which may result in a more accurate position estimation.File in questo prodotto:
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