Advances in medical robotic systems with specific applications in surgery—A review

S Najarian, M Fallahnezhad… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Although robotics was started as a form of entertainment, it gradually became used in
different branches of science. Medicine, particularly in the operating room, has been …

Reviewing the technological challenges associated with the development of a laparoscopic palpation device

P Culmer, J Barrie, R Hewson… - … Journal of Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has heralded a revolution in surgical practice, with
numerous advantages over open surgery. Nevertheless, it prevents the surgeon from …

Parameter estimation of brain tumors using intraoperative thermal imaging based on artificial tactile sensing in conjunction with artificial neural network

M Sadeghi-Goughari, A Mojra… - Journal of Physics D …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Intraoperative Thermal Imaging (ITI) is a new minimally invasive diagnosis
technique that can potentially locate margins of brain tumor in order to achieve maximum …

Tumor depth and size perception using a pneumatic tactile display in laparoscopic surgery

HH Ly, Y Tanaka, M Fujiwara - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tumor location, depth, and size are essential information for tumor resection surgery. In
open surgery, surgeons can obtain information by palpating the tissue with their fingers. In …

Camera-based optical palpation

RW Sanderson, Q Fang, A Curatolo, W Adams… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Optical elastography is undergoing extensive development as an imaging tool to map
mechanical contrast in tissue. Here, we present a new platform for optical elastography by …

A novel palpation–based method for tumor nodule quantification in soft tissue—computational framework and experimental validation

J Palacio-Torralba, RL Reuben, Y Chen - Medical & biological engineering …, 2020 - Springer
Variation in mechanical properties is a useful marker for cancer in soft tissue and has been
used in clinical diagnosis for centuries. However, to develop such methods as instrumented …

A medical tactile sensing instrument for detecting embedded objects, with specific application for breast examination

SM Hosseini, SMT Kashani, S Najarian… - … journal of medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background In this paper, having considered the tactile sensing and palpation of a physician
in order to detect abnormal masses in the breast, we simplified and then modelled the tissue …

Mathematical model of the phase diagrams of ionic liquids-based aqueous two-phase systems using the group method of data handling and artificial neural networks

S Shahriari, S Atashrouz, G Pazuki - Theoretical Foundations of Chemical …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Development of ionic liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems as a new viewpoint
in the expansion of research in the field of biological materials separation depends on …

Smartphone-based optical palpation: towards elastography of skin for telehealth applications

RW Sanderson, Q Fang, A Curatolo, A Taba… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Smartphones are now integral to many telehealth services that provide remote patients with
an improved diagnostic standard of care. The ongoing management of burn wounds and …

A digital hardware system for spiking network of tactile afferents

N Salimi-Nezhad, E Ilbeigi, M Amiri, E Falotico… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the present research, we explore the possibility of utilizing a hardware-based
neuromorphic approach to develop a tactile sensory system at the level of first-order …