1. Computer-assisted medical and surgical procedures: from bone to soft tissue
The acronym GMCAO (Gestes Médico-Chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur) was introduced in the late 1980s to name one of the research teams of the TIMC-IMAG laboratory at the University of Grenoble; today it is part of the terminology of the biomedical community .
The work initiated in the 1990s by TIMC-IMAG's GMCAO team on passive pedicle screw guidance
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Laboratoire technique de l'Ingénierie médicale et de la complexité – informatique, mathématiques et applications, Grenoble (TIMC-IMAG) http://www-timc.imag.fr , UMR CNRS 5525, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble
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