Advances in Bio-Tactile Sensors for Minimally Invasive Surgery Using the Fibre Bragg Grating Force Sensor Technique: A Survey

Contact Geometry Affects Lesion Formation in Radio-Frequency Cardiac Catheter Ablation

(2013) Neal Gallagher et al.   PLoS One

Accuracy of needle position measurements using fiber Bragg gratings

(2012) Kirsten Henken et al.   MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY & ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES

Kinematics and workspace modeling of a new hybrid robot used in minimally invasive surgery

(2012) Doina Pisla et al.   ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING

The Use of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors in Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Applications: The State-of-the-Art and Ongoing Research Topics

(2012) Ebrahim Al-Fakih et al.   SENSORS

FBG Sensor for Contact Level Monitoring and Prediction of Perforation in Cardiac Ablation

(2012) Siu Chun Michael Ho et al.   SENSORS

In-Line Fiber Optic Interferometric Sensors in Single-Mode Fibers

(2012) Tao Zhu et al.   SENSORS

Miniature fiber-optic force sensor based on low-coherence Fabry-Pérot interferometry for vitreoretinal microsurgery

(2012) Xuan Liu et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

Discretely Loaded Beam-Type Optical Fiber Tactile Sensor for Tissue Manipulation and Palpation in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

(2011) Roozbeh Ahmadi et al.   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Miniature 3-Axis Distal Force Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgical Palpation

(2011) P. Puangmali et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Fiber grating sensors in medicine: Current and emerging applications

(2011) Vandana Mishra et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Efficacy of the Da Vinci Surgical System in Abdominal Surgery Compared With That of Laparoscopy

(2010) Sergio Maeso et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

MRI-Compatible Fiber-Optic Force Sensors for Catheterization Procedures

(2010) Panagiotis Polygerinos et al.   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Decreasing strain on the surgeon in gynecologic minimally invasive surgery by using semi-active robotics

(2010) Garri Tchartchian et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS

Exoskeletal Force-Sensing End-Effectors With Embedded Optical Fiber-Bragg-Grating Sensors

(2009) Yong-Lae Park et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

A sub-millimetric, 0.25 mN resolution fully integrated fiber-optic force-sensing tool for retinal microsurgery

(2009) Iulian Iordachita et al.   International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Biomimetic Tactile Sensor Array

(2008) Nicholas Wettels et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Novel Contact Force Sensor Incorporated in Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop and Thrombus

(2008) Katsuaki Yokoyama et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

State-of-the-Art in Force and Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery

(2008) Pinyo Puangmali et al.   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Real time assessment of RF cardiac tissue ablation with optical spectroscopy

(2008) Stavros G. Demos et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS