Non-contact stiffness imager

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 537-549

  Kawahara, Tomohiro ^a   Tanaka, Shinji ^b   Kaneko, Makoto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid force; Non contact sensing; Stiffness imager

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE SENSORS; LASER BEAMS; STIFFNESS;

AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM; FLUID FORCE; NON CONTACT STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS IMAGER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33646685963     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906065826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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