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MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Tactile Magnification Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery
The MicroTactus is a family of instruments that we have designed to detect signals arising from the interaction of a tip with soft or hard objects and to magnify them for haptic an...
Hsin-Yun Yao, Vincent Hayward, Randy E. Ellis
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Prototype of Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery with 6-Axis Force Sensing Capability
Abstract— Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) challenges the surgeon’s skills due to his separation from the operation area which can only be reached with long instruments. To ove...
Ulrich Seibold, Bernhard Kübler, Gerd Hirzing...
MIAR
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Tracking of Instruments in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Surgical Skill Analysis
Intraoperative assistance systems aim to improve the quality of the surgery and enhance the surgeon’s capabilities. Preferable would be a system which provides support depending ...
Stefanie Speidel, Michael Delles, Carsten Gutt, R&...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
91views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
13 years 9 months ago
Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery
Locating arteries hidden beneath superficial tissue can be a difficult task in minimally invasive surgery. This paper reports the development of a system that finds the paths of a...
Ryan A. Beasley, Robert D. Howe