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ICRA
2003
IEEE
116views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
Remote actuation mechanism for mr-compatible manipulator using leverage and parallelogram - workspace analysis, workspace contro
— In this paper, a novel mechanism of remote actuation was proposed and its mechanical problems were discussed. This mechanism consists of leverage and parallelogram mechanism an...
Yoshihiko Koseki, Noriho Koyachi, Tatsuo Arai, Kiy...
SMI
2006
IEEE
130views Image Analysis» more  SMI 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
Material-Aware Mesh Deformations
Most real world objects consist of non-uniform materials; as a result, during deformation the bending and shearing are distributed non-uniformly and depend on the local stiffness ...
Tiberiu Popa, Dan Julius, Alla Sheffer
ICRA
2002
IEEE
113views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
13 years 10 months ago
Modeling of Needle Insertion Forces for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Therapy
Force information from needle insertions was measured and modeled for use in robot-assisted percutaneous therapies. Data was collected on bovine livers using the Johns Hopkins Uni...
Christina Simone, Allison M. Okamura
VMV
2007
118views Visualization» more  VMV 2007»
13 years 7 months ago
Interactive Model-based Image Registration
We present an interactive technique for the registration of captured images of elastic and rigid body parts in which the user is given flexible control over material specific de...
Thomas Schiwietz, Joachim Georgii, Rüdiger We...
ICIP
1994
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Active Region Models for Segmenting Medical Images
This paper describes a new region-growing method for segmenting medical images. The method uses a closed snake driven by a pressure force that is a function of the statistical cha...
Jim Ivins, John Porrill