Optical force estimation for interactions between tool and soft tissues

M Neidhardt, R Mieling, M Bengs, A Schlaefer - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Robotic assistance in minimally invasive surgery offers numerous advantages for both
patient and surgeon. However, the lack of force feedback in robotic surgery is a major …

Optical coherence elastography needle for biomechanical characterization of deep tissue

R Mieling, S Latus, M Fischer, F Behrendt… - … Conference on Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Compression-based optical coherence elastography (OCE) enables characterization of soft
tissue by estimating elastic properties. However, previous probe designs have been limited …

Analysis of image formation in optical palpation

R Jones, Q Fang, BF Kennedy - Journal of Biophotonics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optical palpation is an emerging elastography technique that generates two‐dimensional
images of mechanical stress at the tissue surface, with clinical applications such as …

A Miniature Dual-Fiber Probe for Quantitative Optical Coherence Elastography

S Latus, S Grube, T Eixmann… - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Optical coherence elastography (OCE) allows for high resolution analysis of
elastic tissue properties. However, due to the limited penetration of light into tissue …

Spatio-temporal deep learning for medical image sequences

M Bengs - 2023 - tore.tuhh.de
In this work, we study and present spatio-temporal deep learning methods for analyzing
medical image sequences. We focus on two application scenarios, motion analysis and …