Medical technologies and challenges of robot-assisted minimally invasive intervention and diagnostics

N Simaan, RM Yasin, L Wang - Annual Review of Control …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

From passive tool holders to microsurgeons: safer, smaller, smarter surgical robots

C Bergeles, GZ Yang - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within only a few decades from its initial introduction, the field of surgical robotics has
evolved into a dynamic and rapidly growing research area with increasing clinical uptake …

Five-degree-of-freedom manipulation of an untethered magnetic device in fluid using a single permanent magnet with application in stomach capsule endoscopy

AW Mahoney, JJ Abbott - The International Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper demonstrates magnetic three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) closed-loop position
and 2-DOF open-loop orientation control of a mockup magnetic capsule endoscope in fluid …

Generating rotating magnetic fields with a single permanent magnet for propulsion of untethered magnetic devices in a lumen

AW Mahoney, JJ Abbott - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To date, untethered magnetic devices actuated with a single rotating permanent magnet,
such as active capsule endoscopes and magnetic microrobots, have been constrained to …

Localization strategies for robotic endoscopic capsules: a review

F Bianchi, A Masaracchia… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nowadays, mass screening campaigns for colorectal cancer diagnosis in the
early and curable stage is essential yet limited due to many reasons, for example …

A 5-D localization method for a magnetically manipulated untethered robot using a 2-D array of Hall-effect sensors

D Son, S Yim, M Sitti - IEEE/ASME transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a new 5-D localization method for an untethered meso-scale
magnetic robot, which is manipulated by a computer-controlled electromagnetic system. The …

Localization of wireless capsule endoscope: A systematic review

H Mateen, R Basar, AU Ahmed… - IEEE Sensors …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless capsule endoscope (WCE) is a notable invention introduced in the biomedical
industry. It involves swallowing a small disposable video capsule that takes photographic …

6-D magnetic localization and orientation method for an annular magnet based on a closed-form analytical model

S Song, B Li, W Qiao, C Hu, H Ren, H Yu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic tracking technology is emerging to provide an occlusion-free tracking scheme for
the estimation of full pose (position and orientation) of various instruments. This brings …

Jacobian-based iterative method for magnetic localization in robotic capsule endoscopy

C Di Natali, M Beccani, N Simaan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this study is to validate a Jacobian-based iterative method for real-time
localization of magnetically controlled endoscopic capsules. The proposed approach …

A novel system for closed-loop simultaneous magnetic actuation and localization of WCE based on external sensors and rotating actuation

Y Xu, K Li, Z Zhao, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous magnetic actuation and localization (SMAL) is a promising technology for
accelerating and positioning the capsule in the human intestine for wireless capsule …