Novel MEMS stiffness sensor for in-vivo tissue characterization measurement

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6640-6643

  Peng, P ^a   Sezen, A S ^b   Rajamani, R ^a   Erdman, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; STIFFNESS; SURFACE MICROMACHINING; TISSUE;

ACTIVE SENSOR; CONTACT FORCES; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; FABRICATED SENSORS; MEMS CAPACITIVE SENSORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL; TISSUE STIFFNESS; VARYING STIFFNESS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 77951001714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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