A piezoresistive based tactile sensor for use in minimally invasive surgery

2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Atieh, A ^a   Ahmadi, R ^a   Kalantari, M ^a   Dargahi, J ^a   Packirisamy, M ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CONTACT FORCES; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE MATERIALS; RELATIVE HARDNESS; SENSING ELEMENTS; SOFT CONTACTS; TACTILE INFORMATION; TACTILE SENSORS;

SURGERY; TISSUE;

SENSORS;

EID: 79958730534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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