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Reports from Imperial College London, Department of Bioengineering describe recent advances in life sciences

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, April 24th, 2009

A new study, 'The role of posture, magnification, and grip force on microscopic accuracy,' is now available. "While tremor has been studied extensively, the investigations thus far do not give detailed information on how the accuracy necessary for micromanipulations is affected while performing tasks in microsurgery and the life sciences," researchers in London, the United Kingdom report.

"This paper systematically studies the effects of visual feedback, posture and grip force on the trial error and tremor intensity of subjects holding a forceps-like object to perform a pointing task," wrote B. Safwat and colleagues, Imperial College London, Department of...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-04-24)

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