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

The steerable catheter refers to the catheter that is manipulated by a mechanism which may
be driven by operators or by actuators. The steerable catheter for minimally invasive surgery …

Cardiac diseases are recognized as the leading cause of mortality, hospitalization, and
medical prescription globally. The gold standard for the treatment of coronary artery stenosis …

Objective: The efficacy of catheter-based cardiac ablation procedures can be significantly
improved if real-time information is available concerning contact forces between the catheter …

The objectives of this paper are twofold: first, presenting an efficient quasi-static model for
intracardiac catheters, and second, proposing a real-time approach for the estimation of the …

Estimating the applied forces in three dimensions during catheter-based surgeries can make
the entire process tangible for surgeons. This will result in diminishing the risk of fatal errors …

Objective: This paper presents the 3-D kinematic modeling of a novel steerable robotic
ablation catheter system. The catheter, embedded with a set of current-carrying microcoils, is …

Over the past few decades, catheter-based cardiac ablation has been the first surgical
option for treatment of arrhythmia. In order to have an effective ablation procedure, after …

Guidewires and catheters are used during minimally invasive interventional procedures to
traverse in vascular system and access the desired position. Computer models are …

Catheter-based diagnosis and therapy have grown increasingly in recent years due to their
improved clinical outcomes including decreased morbidity, shorter recovery time and …