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Medical image computing and computer-aided medical interventions applied to soft tissues. Work in progress in urology

, 2006
Until recently, Computer-Aided Medical Interventions (CAMI) and Medical Robotics have focused on rigid and non deformable anatomical structures. Nowadays, special attention is paid to soft tissues, raising complex issues due to their mobility and ...
Bart, Stéphane, Baumann, Michael, Berkelman, Peter, Bolla, Michel, Chartier-Kastler, Emmanuel, Cinquin, Philippe, Daanen, Vincent, Descotes, Jean-Luc, Dusserre, Andrée, Giraud, Jean-Yves, Leroy, Antoine, Long, Jean-Alexandre, Marchal, Maud, Moalic, Ronan, Mozer, Pierre, Payan, Yohan, Promayon, Emmanuel, Troccaz, Jocelyne, Voros, Sandrine   +18 more
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Raman Microscopy at the Organic–Inorganic Interfaces in Human Calcified Aortic Valves Shows the Co‐Existence of Whitlockite Crystals and Carbonated Hydroxyapatite‐Mineralized Collagen Fibrils

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances our understanding of aortic valve stenosis by capturing spatially resolved chemical and structural changes at the nanoscale. The findings highlight the potential of combined Raman and electron microscopy for understanding calcification mechanisms across diverse tissue types.
Robin H. M. Van der Meijden, Carolien T. A Kuster, Amber van Broekhoven, Raphaela Allgayer, Luco Rutten, Rona Roverts, Marta Cerruti, Elena Macías‐Sánchez, Jan Hein Cornel, Salloua el Messaoudi, Anat Akiva, Nico Sommerdijk   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ongoing Emergence: A Core Concept in Epigenetic Robotics [PDF]

, 2005
We propose ongoing emergence as a core concept in epigenetic robotics. Ongoing emergence refers to the continuous development and integration of new skills and is exhibited when six criteria are satisfied: (1) continuous skill acquisition, (2 ...
Helder, Nathan, Hollich, George, Prince, Christopher   +2 more
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Slight Truncation Changes in Iron Oxide Nanocubes Strongly Affect Their Magnetic Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Subtle variations in nanoparticle morphology can lead to significant changes in functional properties. An automated shape‐fitting method captures minor differences in corner truncation between iron oxide nanocubes of similar sizes synthesized under identical conditions, revealing pronounced disparities in their magnetic and hyperthermia behavior ...
Kingsley Poon, Raúl López‐Martín, Verner Håkonsen, Nader Yaacoub, Francisco J. Terán, Alberto López Ortega, Jose A. De Toro, Gurvinder Singh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanochromic Suction Cups for Local Stress Detection in Soft Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Advancements in smart soft materials are enhancing the capabilities of robotic manipulators in object interactions and complex tasks. Mechanochromic materials, acting as lightweight sensors, offer easily interpretable visual feedback for localized stress
Goffredo Giordano, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff, Marco Carlotti, Mariacristina Gagliardi, Carlo Filippeschi, Alessio Mondini, Antonio Papangelo, Barbara Mazzolai   +7 more
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Bio‐Orthogonally Crosslinked Supramolecular Polymer Bottlebrush Hydrogels for Long‐Term 3D Cell Culture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fibrous benzenetrispeptide (BTP) hydrogels, fabricated via strain‐promoted azide‐alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) crosslinking, form robust, bioinert networks. These hydrogels can support 3D cell culture, where cell viability and colony growth depend on the fiber content.
Ceren C. Pihlamagi, David Pretzel, Peer Nölte, Kourosh Rezaei, Ulrich S. Schubert, Johannes C. Brendel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal Limbless Crawling Soft Robot with a Kirigami Skin

Cyborg and Bionic Systems
Limbless creatures can crawl on flat surfaces by deforming their bodies and interacting with asperities on the ground, offering a biological blueprint for designing efficient limbless robots.
Jonathan Tirado, Aida Parvaresh, Burcu Seyidoğlu, Darryl A. Bedford, Jonas Jørgensen, Ahmad Rafsanjani   +5 more
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Cardiac‐Derived ECM Microspheres for Enhanced hiPSC‐CMs Maturation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cardiac extracellular matrix microspheres derived from decellularized porcine heart provide a biomimetic 3D microenvironment for human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC‐CMs). This platform supports short‐ and long‐term culture, enhances structural organization, and promotes electrophysiological and functional maturation of ...
Jiazhu Xu, Joel Aboagye, Marcella Edwards, Nick Rogozinski, Yufeng Wen, Angello Huerta Gomez, Zui Pan, Ge Zhang, Huaxiao Yang, Yi Hong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a SMA-Fishing-Line-McKibben Bending Actuator

IEEE Access, 2018
High power-to-weight ratio soft artificial muscles are of overarching importance to enable inherently safer solutions to human-robot interaction. Traditional air-driven soft McKibben artificial muscles are linear actuators, and it is impossible for them ...
Chaoqun Xiang, Jianglong Guo, Yang Chen, Lina Hao, Steve Davis   +4 more
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Digital Actuation Control of Soft Robotic Origami With Self‐Folding Liquid Crystal Elastomer Hinges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Self‐folding soft‐rigid hybrid robotic origami is enabled by liquid crystal elastomer actuators with embedded Joule heating and closed‐loop digital control. Digitally addressable hinges provide reversible and programmable transitions between distinct folded states while maintaining actuation performance at high cycle counts (over 1500).
David C. Bershadsky, Tuo Zhao, Glaucio H. Paulino, Emily C. Davidson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source