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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Several challenges to guarantee medical care have been exposed during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Although the literature has shown some robotics applications to overcome the potential hazards and risks in hospital environments, the implementation of ...
Sergio D. Sierra Marín +9 more
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Decoupling Steerability From Diameter: Helical Dovetail Laser Patterning for Steerable Needles
IEEE Access, 2020 The maximum curvature of a steerable needle in soft tissue is highly sensitive to needle shaft stiffness, which has motivated use of small diameter needles in the past.
Margaret Rox +14 more
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Shared Control Schemes for Middle Ear Surgery
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 This paper deals with the control of a redundant cobot arm to accomplish peg-in-hole insertion tasks in the context of middle ear surgery. It mainly focuses on the development of two shared control laws that combine local measurements provided by ...
Jae-Hun So +4 more
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Application of Robotics Technology in Clinical Practice in India
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013 Background: The field of mechanical engineering in association with electronics and computer science concerned with developing robotic devices that can move and react to sensory input.
Pratibha M. Karandikar
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Towards a real-time control of robotic ultrasound using haptic force feedback
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2022 Ultrasound is a widely used imaging technique and is appreciated for its non-invasiveness, absence of radiation, widespread availability, and compact equipment.
Schreiter J. +4 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging System–Driven Medical Robotics
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system–driven medical robotics is an emerging field that aims to use clinical MRI systems not only for medical imaging but also for actuation, localization, and control of medical robots. Submillimeter scale resolution of
Onder Erin +4 more
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A Submillimeter Continuous Variable Stiffness Catheter for Compliance Control
Advanced Science, 2021 Minimally invasive robotic surgery often requires functional tools that can change their compliance to adapt to the environment and surgical needs. This paper proposes a submillimeter continuous variable stiffness catheter equipped with a phase‐change ...
Jonas Lussi +9 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 In robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy, surgeons remove a part of a kidney often due to the presence of a mass. A drop-in ultrasound probe paired to a surgical robot is deployed to execute multiple swipes over the kidney surface to localise the mass and
A. McDonald-Bowyer +6 more
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Endorobots for Colonoscopy: Design Challenges and Available Technologies
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide, after lung cancer (Sung et al., 2021). Early stage detection is key to increase the survival rate.
Luigi Manfredi
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Design of 3D-Printed Flexible Joints With Presettable Stiffness for Surgical Robots
IEEE Access, 2020 Continuum manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery due to their high dexterity. However, different surgeries have different stiffness and dexterity requirements.
Fan Feng, Wuzhou Hong, Le Xie
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