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Energy-Based Metrics for Arthroscopic Skills Assessment

open access: yesSensors, 2017
Minimally invasive skills assessment methods are essential in developing efficient surgical simulators and implementing consistent skills evaluation. Although numerous methods have been investigated in the literature, there is still a need to further ...
Behnaz Poursartip   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facile Fabrication of 3D Porous Sponges Coated with Synergistic Carbon Black/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Tactile Sensing Applications

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2020
Recently, flexible tactile sensors based on three-dimensional (3D) porous conductive composites, endowed with high sensitivity, a wide sensing range, fast response, and the capability to detect low pressures, have aroused considerable attention.
Yousef Al-Handarish   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of haptic feedback in robot-mediated surgery : a systematic review of literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
© 2017 Springer-Verlag. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Robotic Surgery. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-017-0763-4With the successful uptake ...
Amirabdollahian, Farshid   +6 more
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A Hybrid Microstructure Piezoresistive Sensor with Machine Learning Approach for Gesture Recognition

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Developments in flexible electronics have adopted various approaches which have enhanced the applicability of human–machine interface fields. Recently, microstructural integration and hybrid functional materials were designed for realizing human ...
Yousef Al-Handarish   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review on the techniques used in prostate brachytherapy

open access: yesCognitive Computation and Systems, 2022
Prostate brachytherapy is a validated treatment for prostate cancer. During the procedure, the accuracy of needle placement is critical to the treatment’s effectiveness. However, the inserted needle could deflect from the preset trajectory because of the
Yanlei Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Contactless and Biocompatible Approach for 3D Active Microrobotic Targeted Drug Delivery

open access: yesMicromachines, 2019
As robotic tools are becoming a fundamental part of present day surgical interventions, microrobotic surgery is steadily approaching clinically-relevant scenarios.
Federico Ongaro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endoscopic Path Planning in Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Nasal Surgery

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
In robot-assisted endoscopic nasal surgery, due to the slender and complicated nasal cavity and sinus anatomical structure, the nasal endoscope of robot end-effector is prone to injure surrounding tissues during surgical approaches.
Yucheng He   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collaborative Magnetic Agents for 3D Microrobotic Grasping

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
Untethered microrobotic grasping has enabled the precise manipulation of small components in difficult‐to‐reach environments. However, the fabrication of deformable grasping robots at small scales requires advanced materials and fabrication technologies.
Franco N. Piñan Basualdo, Sarthak Misra
doaj   +1 more source

A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Multimodal environments help fuse a diverse range of sensory modalities, which is particularly important when integrating the complex data involved in surgical preoperative planning.
Caldwell, DG   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Outcomes of a virtual-reality simulator-training programme on basic surgical skills in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background The utility of the virtual-reality robotic simulator in training programmes has not been clearly evaluated. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a virtual-reality robotic simulator-training programme on basic surgical skills.
Abboudi   +23 more
core   +1 more source

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