Review of advanced medical telerobots

S Mehrdad, F Liu, MT Pham, A Lelevé, SF Atashzar - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advent of telerobotic systems has revolutionized various aspects of the industry and
human life. This technology is designed to augment human sensorimotor capabilities to …

Haptic feedback and force-based teleoperation in surgical robotics

RV Patel, SF Atashzar, M Tavakoli - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an overview of the current state of research and application of haptic
(primarily kinesthetic) feedback and force-based teleoperation in the context of surgical …

Magnetically driven medical devices: a review

L Sliker, G Ciuti, M Rentschler… - Expert review of medical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A widely accepted definition of a medical device is an instrument or apparatus that is used to
diagnose, prevent or treat disease. Medical devices take a broad range of forms and utilize …

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 …

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 …

Emerging issues and future developments in capsule endoscopy

PR Slawinski, KL Obstein, P Valdastri - Techniques in gastrointestinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Capsule endoscopy (CE) has transformed from a research venture into a widely used
clinical tool and the primary means for diagnosing small bowel pathology. These orally …

Methods to segment hard inclusions in soft tissue during autonomous robotic palpation

KA Nichols, AM Okamura - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Localizing tumors and measuring tissue mechanical properties can aid in surgical planning
and evaluating the progression of disease. In this paper, autonomous robotic palpation with …

Methods to recognize depth of hard inclusions in soft tissue using ordinal classification for robotic palpation

Z Zhou, B Huang, R Zhang, M Yin, C Liu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advances of robot technology in the medical field, robotic palpation has been a
research hot topic and attracted wide attention. Tumor recognition is considered as a …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in telemedicine: surgical, diagnostic and consultation devices

S Sikander, P Biswas, P Kulkarni - Biomedical Engineering Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of telemedicine significantly surged during COVID-19 pandemic. For both
patients and physicians, this was a safe way to access and provide healthcare services …

Magnetic surgical instruments for robotic abdominal surgery

F Leong, N Garbin, C Di Natali… - IEEE reviews in …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review looks at the implementation of magnetic-based approaches in surgical
instruments for abdominal surgeries. As abdominal surgical techniques advance toward …