Herein, recent advances, current limitations, and open challenges in the design, modeling,
and control of continuum robots are discussed. Thanks to their lean bodies, these robots …

In the last decades, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have become increasingly attractive to
medical applications due to their unique properties such as small size, biocompatibility …

Fiber Bragg grating has embraced the area of fiber optics since the early days of its
discovery, and most fiber optic sensor systems today make use of fiber Bragg grating …

Abstract Fiber Optic Shape Sensing is an innovative Optical Fiber Sensing Technology that
uses a fiber optic cable to continuously track the 3D shape and position of a dynamic object …

With the maturity of surgical robotic systems based on traditional rigid-link principles, the rate
of progress slowed as limits of size and controllable degrees of freedom were reached …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide high-quality 3-D visualization of target
anatomy, surrounding tissue, and instrumentation, but there are significant challenges in …

In this article, we review recent advances in the technology of writing fiber Bragg gratings
(FBGs) in selected cores of multicore fibers (MCFs) by using femtosecond laser pulses. The …

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of mode-division and spatial-
division optical fiber sensors, mainly encompassing interferometers and advanced fiber …

Minimally invasive neurosurgery does not require large incisions and openings in the skull
to access the desired brain region, which often results in a faster recovery with fewer …

Purpose Endovascular aortic repair procedures are currently conducted with 2D fluoroscopy
imaging. Tracking systems based on fiber Bragg gratings are an emerging technology for …