A novel tactile force probe for tissue stiffness classification

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-517

  Darvish, Behafarid ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a   Shirzad, Elham ^a   Khodambashi, Roozbeh ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contact force; Minimally invasive surgery; Softness classification; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349330929     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajas.2009.512.517     Document Type: Article

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