A stiffness probe based on force and vision sensing for soft tissue diagnosis.
Jichun LiHongbin LiuKaspar AlthoeferLakmal D. SeneviratnePublished in: EMBC (2012)
Keyphrases
- soft tissue
- contact force
- finite element
- finite element analysis
- medical images
- finite element model
- impedance control
- real time
- magnetic resonance
- deformable models
- position control
- maxillofacial surgery
- computer vision
- elastic properties
- vision system
- force control
- image registration
- transrectal ultrasound
- automatic segmentation
- master slave
- minimally invasive surgery
- image processing
- dual energy
- material properties
- tissue deformation
- surgical simulation
- robotic manipulator
- force feedback
- surgical tools
- finite element method
- mr images
- pattern recognition
- machine learning