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IROS
2009
IEEE
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Planning fireworks trajectories for steerable medical needles to reduce patient trauma
— Accurate needle insertion in 3D environment is always a grand challenge. When multiple targets are located in the tissue, a procedure of inserting multiple needles from a singl...
Jijie Xu, Vincent Duindam, Ron Alterovitz, Jean Po...
CARS
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Haptic interaction in VR-based paracentesis simulation for dexterity enhancement and assessment
In this paper we describe the development of an interactive virtual reality (VR) system that aims to realistically simulate specific paracentesis clinical procedures (particularly ...
Costas S. Tzafestas, Yiannis Koumpouros, Kostas Bi...
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
2009
IEEE
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Guiding medical needles using single-point tissue manipulation
— This paper addresses the use of robotic tissue manipulation in medical needle insertion procedures to improve targeting accuracy and to help avoid damaging sensitive tissues. T...
Meysam Torabi, Kris K. Hauser, Ron Alterovitz, Vin...
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...