{"id":159,"date":"2020-06-17T09:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T13:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndicorp2020.wpengine.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:11:20","slug":"6dof-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndigital.com\/de\/articles\/6dof-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/6DOF Sensors: Enhancing Medical Instrument Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"159\" class=\"elementor elementor-159\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c68dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87c68dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7076a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7076a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navigating 5DOF and 6DOF Sensors in <br>Electromagnetic Image Guidance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating 5DOF and 6DOF Sensors in Electromagnetic Image Guidance Navigating 5DOF and 6DOF Sensors in Electromagnetic Image Guidance As a global leader in electromagnetic (EM) navigation, one of NDI\u2019s specialties is researching and designing 5 (Degrees of Freedom) DOF and 6DOF sensor technology used in EM tracking systems. The distinction between 5DOF and 6DOF sensors&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndigital.com\/de\/articles\/6dof-explained\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Weiterlesen &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5\/6DOF Sensors: Enhancing Medical Instrument Navigation<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5DOF vs 6DOF Sensors in EM Medical Navigation | NDI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"5DOF vs 6DOF: what each sensor reports and when to choose one. 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