On mixed reality environments for minimally invasive therapy guidance: systems architecture, successes and challenges in their implementation from laboratory to clinic.

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Published in Comput Med Imaging Graph on February 08, 2013

Authors

Cristian A Linte1, Katherine P Davenport, Kevin Cleary, Craig Peters, Kirby G Vosburgh, Nassir Navab, Philip Eddie Edwards, Pierre Jannin, Terry M Peters, David R Holmes, Richard A Robb

Author Affiliations

1: Biomedical Imaging Resource, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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