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 …

This paper presents a comprehensive critical review of technologies used in the
development of fibre optic shape sensors (FOSSs). Their operation is based on multi …

Surgical robots have had clinical use since the mid‐1990s. Robot‐assisted surgeries offer
many benefits over the conventional approach including lower risk of infection and blood …

Optical fiber technology has changed the world by enabling extraordinary growth in world-
wide communications and sensing. The rapid development and wide deployment of optical …

An all-optical ultrasound probe for vascular tissue imaging was developed. Ultrasound was
generated by pulsed laser illumination of a functionalized carbon nanotube composite …

In recent years, multicore fiber (MCF) has attracted increasing interest for sensing
applications, due to its unique fiber structure of multiple parallel cores in a single fiber …

This study presents a novel method for twisting compensation in optical shape sensing and
first reports on twisting sensing by using Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) inscribed in a spun …

This paper presents a theoretical method for separating bending and torsion of shape
sensing sensor to improve sensing accuracy during its deformation. We design a kind of …

Dexterous continuum manipulators (DCMs) can largely increase the reachable region and
steerability for minimally and less invasive surgery. Many such procedures require the DCM …