Microfabricated tactile sensors for biomedical applications: A review

Biosensors

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-448

  Saccomandi, Paola ^a   Schena, Emiliano ^a   Oddo, Calogero Maria ^b   Zollo, Loredana ^a   Silvestri, Sergio ^a   Guglielmelli, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial skin; Biomechanical measurements; Endoscopy; Medicine; Microfabrication; Microsurgery; Prosthetic hands; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROANALYSIS; TACTILE SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BIOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENT; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-FABRICATION; MICROFABRICATED; MICROSURGERY; PROSTHETIC HANDS; SMART INTERFACE; TACTILE SENSORS;

MICROFABRICATION;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BIOSENSOR; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; FORCE; HUMAN; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROSURGERY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSOR; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TACTILE SENSOR;

EID: 84911500797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bios4040422     Document Type: Review

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