The tip asymmetry of a bevel-tip needle results in the needle naturally bending when it is inserted into soft tissue. This enables robotic needle steering, which can be used in medical procedures to reach subsurface targets inaccessible by straight-line trajectories.
This study describes a mechanics-based model of robotic needle steering, which can be used to pre- dict needle behavior and optimize system design based on ...
A mechanics-based model of robotic needle steering is described, which can be used to predict needle behavior and optimize system design based on ...
Oct 22, 2024 · This study describes a mechanics-based model of robotic needle steering, which can be used to predict needle behavior and optimize system design ...
Aug 26, 2015 · The needle is controlled by a robot and is tracked in real time using ultrasound images. This ensures that is possible to adjust the needle's ...
Flexible needles with asymmetric needle tips naturally deflect when inserted into soft tissue due to an asymmetric distribution of forces at the needle tip.
In this work we address that challenge and present a novel teleoperated robotic system able to steer flexible needles. The proposed system tracks the position ...
This talk combines needle deflection models with image-guided techniques to steer flexible needles to a moving target. Two different models for predicting ...
Apr 18, 2024 · A robotic system is presented for flexible needle steering and control in soft tissue. Flexible needle insertion into a deformable tissue is ...
S Misra et al. Mechanics of flexible needles robotically steered through soft tissue ... 3D flexible needle steering in soft-tissue phantoms using Fiber Bragg ...