Novel indentation depth measuring system for stiffness characterization in soft tissue palpation

Indika B. Wanninayake, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Kaspar Althoefer

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    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThis work has been supported by the HANDLE project, which has received funding from the European Commission‘s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement ICT 231640. Published in: 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. pp. 4648-4653. ISBN: 9781467314039. ISSN: 1050-4729.
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    Publication statusPublished - May 2012

    Bibliographical note

    Note: This work has been supported by the HANDLE project, which has received funding from the European Commission‘s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement ICT 231640.

    Published in: 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. pp. 4648-4653. ISBN: 9781467314039. ISSN: 1050-4729.

    Keywords

    • Biological sciences
    • Biological tissues
    • Force
    • Probes
    • Prototypes
    • Robot sensing systems
    • Surgery
    • biological tissues
    • biosensors
    • indentation depth measuring system
    • indentation force
    • mathematical model
    • medical control systems
    • pneumatic pressure
    • pneumatic sensor
    • pressure control
    • sensing element displacement
    • silicone block
    • soft tissue palpation activity
    • spatial variables measurement
    • stiffness characterization
    • stiffness probe
    • stiffness sensor
    • surface profile sensor
    • surgeon
    • surgery
    • tissue abnormalities indentification
    • tissue limitation
    • tissue surface profile variation
    • tunable force range

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