Theoretical and experimental analysis of a piezoelectric tactile sensor for use in endoscopic surgery

Sensor Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Dargahi, Javad ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^b  

^a Dept of Mech and Indust Eng ^*  (Canada)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endoscopic instruments; Force measurement; Microsurgery; Modelling; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SURGERY;

MICROSURGERY; PIEZOELECTRIC TACTILE SENSOR;

SENSORS;

EID: 1642377232     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02602280410515851     Document Type: Article

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