Implementation of tactile sensing for palpation in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2490-2501

  Konstantinova, Jelizaveta ^a   Jiang, Allen ^a   Althoefer, Kaspar ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Nanayakkara, Thrishantha ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Force sensors; medical robotics; minimally invasive surgery; tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING;

FORCE SENSOR; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84903793065     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2325794     Document Type: Article

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