Development of a robotic carotid blood flow measurement system - A compact ultrasonic probe manipulator consisting of a parallel mechanism

2006 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sadamitsu, Yushi ^a   Fujita, Ai ^a   Arino, Chiaki ^a   Harada, Akimitsu ^b   Takanishi, Atsuo ^a   Sugawara, Motoaki ^c   Niki, Kiyomi ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aloka Company Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Medical robot; Parallel mechanism; Virtual compliance control; Wave intensity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROMANIPULATORS; ROBOTICS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

MEDICAL ROBOTS; PARALLEL MECHANISM; VIRTUAL COMPLIANCE CONTROL; WAVE INTENSITY;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34547287614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMECH.2006.252674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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