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ICRA
2007
IEEE
164views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 3 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
ICRA
2009
IEEE
122views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Torsional kinematic model for concentric tube robots
— A recent approach to steerable needle design is based on combining pre-curved tubes concentrically. By rotating and extending the tubes with respect to each other, the position...
Pierre E. Dupont, Jesse Lock, Evan Butler
GI
2009
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
A Framework for Visuo-Haptic Simulation of Puncture Interventions
: A framework for virtual reality based training of puncture interventions is presented. The system uses a haptic device with six degrees of freedom (6DOF) to enable realistic forc...
Matthias Färber, David Dalek, Christian R. Ha...
SMC
2007
IEEE
130views Control Systems» more  SMC 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Simulation framework for training chest tube insertion using virtual reality and force feedback
—Most virtual reality simulators are designed for complex medical procedures, such as laparoscopic surgery. While important, these simulators are of use for only a subset of spec...
Nader S. Raja, John A. Schleser, William P. Norman...
BIBE
2007
IEEE
101views Bioinformatics» more  BIBE 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
A Robotic System for Real-time Tumor Manipulation During Image guided Breast Biopsy
Breast biopsy guided by imaging techniques such as ultrasound is widely used to evaluate suspicious masses within the breast. Currently, ultrasound imaging does not allow live guid...
Vishnu Mallapragada, Nilanjan Sarkar, Tarun Kanti ...