Implementation of tactile sensing for palpation in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery: A review

J Konstantinova, A Jiang, K Althoefer… - IEEE Sensors …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) made it possible to perform a number of
medical manipulations with reduced patient trauma and better accuracy. Various devices …

Miniature 3-axis distal force sensor for minimally invasive surgical palpation

P Puangmali, H Liu, LD Seneviratne… - Ieee/Asme …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a surgical technique that offers distinct advantages in
reducing pain and patients' recovery time. However, the drawback due to the lack of force …

When the end effector is a laser: A review of robotics in laser surgery

HC Lee, NE Pacheco, L Fichera… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Combining laser technology with robotic precision and accuracy promises to introduce
significant advances in minimally invasive surgical interventions. Lasers have already …

Macrobend optical sensing for pose measurement in soft robot arms

S Sareh, Y Noh, M Li, T Ranzani, H Liu… - Smart Materials and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper introduces a pose-sensing system for soft robot arms integrating a set of
macrobend stretch sensors. The macrobend sensory design in this study consists of optical …

Development of a distal tri-axial force sensor for minimally invasive surgical palpation

Z Tang, S Wang, M Li, C Shi - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current study highlights the development of a novel and high-accuracy Fiber Bragg
Grating (FBG)-enabled tri-axial distal force sensor for minimally invasive surgical palpation …

A high-precision and miniature fiber Bragg grating-based force sensor for tissue palpation during minimally invasive surgery

C Lv, S Wang, C Shi - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2020 - Springer
This paper presents a novel Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)-based palpation force sensor to
explore tissue abnormalities during minimally invasive surgery. The proposed sensor design …

A single-use haptic palpation probe for locating subcutaneous blood vessels in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery

S McKinley, A Garg, S Sen, R Kapadia… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and evaluation of a novel low-cost palpation probe for Robot assisted
Minimally Invasive Surgery (RMIS) for localizing subcutaneous blood vessels. It measures …

Augmented reality and haptic interfaces for robot‐assisted surgery

T Yamamoto, N Abolhassani, S Jung… - … Journal of Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Current teleoperated robot‐assisted minimally invasive surgical systems do not
take full advantage of the potential performance enhancements offered by various forms of …

Fast localization and segmentation of tissue abnormalities by autonomous robotic palpation

Y Yan, J Pan - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) has become increasingly popular in the
resection of cancers. However, the lack of tactile feedback in clinical RMIS limits the …

[HTML][HTML] Vibro-acoustic sensing of tissue-instrument-interactions allows a differentiation of biological tissue in computerised palpation

T Sühn, N Esmaeili, M Spiller, M Costa, A Boese… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: The shift towards minimally invasive surgery is associated with a significant
reduction of tactile information available to the surgeon, with compensation strategies …