Application of artificial tactile sensing approach in kidney-stone-removal laparoscopy

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 261-267

  Afshari, Elnaz ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a   Simforoosh, Nasser ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

artificial palpation; Artificial tactile sensing; kidney stone; laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PALPATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY STONE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MECHANICAL LOADS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NOVEL METHODS; OPEN SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; STRESS PATTERNS; TACTILE SENSING;

ENDOSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALPATION; TOUCH;

EID: 78649524764     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2010-0640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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