6. Glossary

Arthroscopy; arthroscopy

Exploration of the inside of a joint using an endoscope

Biopsy; biopsy

Removal of a fragment of tissue or organ (skin, liver, lung, colon wall, gland, lymph node, etc.) for microscopic analysis.

Laparoscopy (or laparoscopy); laparoscopy

Medical endoscopy technique used for diagnosis (laparoscopy proper) or surgery.

Consensus par échantillons aléatoires; random sample consensus

Iterative algorithm for estimating model parameters from a random sample of data.

Key point descriptor; key point descriptor

Vector whose components describe the visual characteristics of the point's neighborhood. The values of these components are calculated from the...