Magnetic field-based positioning systems

V Pasku, A De Angelis, G De Angelis… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides an introductory survey on the various systems that exploit magnetic
fields for positioning. Such systems find applications in those scenarios, both indoors and …

Information loss challenges in surgical navigation systems: From information fusion to AI-based approaches

L Xu, H Zhang, J Wang, A Li, S Song, H Ren, L Qi… - Information …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surgical navigation technology provides minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with the relative
pose relationships amongst medical images, surgical instruments, and lesions. On the other …

Optimal permanent-magnet geometries for dipole field approximation

AJ Petruska, JJ Abbott - IEEE transactions on magnetics, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dipole approximation for magnetic fields has become a common simplifying assumption
in magnetic-manipulation research when dealing with permanent magnets because the …

6-D magnetic localization and orientation method for an annular magnet based on a closed-form analytical model

S Song, B Li, W Qiao, C Hu, H Ren, H Yu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic tracking technology is emerging to provide an occlusion-free tracking scheme for
the estimation of full pose (position and orientation) of various instruments. This brings …

Electromagnetic positioning for tip tracking and shape sensing of flexible robots

S Song, Z Li, H Yu, H Ren - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wire-driven flexible robots are efficient devices for minimally invasive surgery, since they
can work well in complex and confined environments. However, the real-time positional and …

Shape reconstruction for wire-driven flexible robots based on Bézier curve and electromagnetic positioning

S Song, Z Li, H Yu, H Ren - Mechatronics, 2015 - Elsevier
Wire-driven flexible robots are efficient devices for minimally invasive surgery, since they
can work well in complex and confined environments. However, the real-time position and …

Investigation of the relationship between tracking accuracy and tracking distance of a novel magnetic tracking system

S Su, W Yang, H Dai, X Xia, M Lin, B Sun… - IEEE Sensors …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The position and orientation of an object embedding with a permanent magnet can be
acquired in real time via a magnetic tracking system. However, one characteristic of the …

Computer-assisted transoral surgery with flexible robotics and navigation technologies: A review of recent progress and research challenges

H Ren, CM Lim, J Wang, W Liu, S Song… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2013 - dl.begellhouse.com
This article reviews the flexible robotic surgery and navigation technologies that are
currently available and under research development, in particular for transoral robotic …

Addressing the directionality challenge through RSSI-Based multilateration technique, to localize nodes in underwater WSNs by using magneto-inductive …

G Qiao, A Muhammad, M Muzzammil… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The deployment and efficient use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in underwater and
underground environments persists to be a difficult task. In addition, the localization of a …

A novel wireless 5-D electromagnetic tracking system based on nine-channel sinusoidal signals

W Yang, C Zhang, H Dai, C Hu… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromagnetic tracking systems (EMTSs) are widely employed in medical instruments,
virtual reality, game control, etc. An EMTS mainly consists of three parts: magnetic field …