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MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Measurement of the Tip and Friction Force Acting on a Needle during Penetration
We present the tip and friction forces acting on a needle during penetration into a canine prostate, independently measured by a 7-axis load cell newly developed for this purpose. ...
Hiroyuki Kataoka, Toshikatsu Washio, Kiyoyuki Chin...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
138views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Teleoperation of Steerable Needles
— Needles are commonly used in medical practice as a minimally invasive means to reach subsurface targets for diagnosis or therapy delivery. Recent results indicate that steerabl...
Joseph M. Romano, Robert J. Webster III, Allison M...
IJRR
2008
101views more  IJRR 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Motion Planning Under Uncertainty for Image-guided Medical Needle Steering
We develop a new motion planning algorithm for a variant of a Dubins car with binary left/right steering and apply it to steerable needles, a new class of flexible beveltip medica...
Ron Alterovitz, Michael S. Branicky, Kenneth Y. Go...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
164views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Image-guided Control of Flexible Bevel-Tip Needles
— Physicians perform percutaneous therapies in many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Image guidance promises to improve targeting accuracy and broaden the scope of needle i...
Vinutha Kallem, Noah J. Cowan
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
The Effect of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Manual and Teleoperated Needle Insertion
In this paper, we present a study that evaluates the effect of visual and haptic feedbacks and their relevance to human performance in a needle insertion task. A virtual needle ins...
Oleg Gerovichev, Panadda Marayong, Allison M. Okam...