3 papers
cs.RO2021
Feasibility of Remote Landmark Identification for Cricothyrotomy Using Robotic Palpation
Neel Shihora, Rashid M. Yasin, Ryan Walsh +1
Cricothyrotomy is a life-saving emergency intervention that secures an alternate airway route after a neck injury or obstruction. The procedure starts with identifying the correct…
cs.RO2018
Medical Technologies and Challenges of Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Intervention and Diagnostics
Nabil Simaan, Rashid M. Yasin, Long Wang
Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology deeper into human anatomy present unique modeling, control and sensing problems. This paper discusses a brief history…
cs.RO2017
Trajectory-Optimized Sensing for Active Search of Tissue Abnormalities in Robotic Surgery
Hadi Salman, Elif Ayvali, Rangaprasad Arun Srivatsan +6
In this work, we develop an approach for guiding robots to automatically localize and find the shapes of tumors and other stiff inclusions present in the anatomy. Our approach uses…