A flexible digit with tactile feedback for invasive clinical applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Ma, X ^a   Brett, P N ^a   Wright, M T ^a   Griffiths, M V ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Flexible digit; Minimal invasive surgery; Neural network application; Sensor; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; HAPTIC INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

FLEXIBLE DIGIT; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TACTILE SENSOR;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; TORQUE; TOUCH; TRANSDUCER; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TORQUE; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3242782650     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441104323118860     Document Type: Article

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