A tactile sensing and feedback system for tumor localization

Li, Min, Luo, Shan ORCID: 0000-0003-4760-0372 and Xu, Guanghua (2016) A tactile sensing and feedback system for tumor localization. In: 2016 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2016-8-19 - 2016-8-22.

Text tactile2.doc - Author Accepted Manuscript Download (1MB)

Abstract

Haptic information such as pressure (tactile) distribution could improve the clinical outcomes significantly by helping to detect tumors within soft-tissue organs and indicating potential abnormalities. In open surgeries, fingers are used to obtain this information. However, current surgical tele-manipulators do not provide explicit haptic feedback during soft tissue palpation. This paper describes a tactile sensing and feedback system, consisting of a colored tactile information display and pneumatic multi-fingered haptic feedback. This tissue stiffness feedback system is validated by palpating two phantom organs to locate tissue tumors. The results proved that the stiffness distribution is acquirable, visible, and palpable using our method.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cancer, Clinical Research
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2018 14:40
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 14:41
DOI:	10.1109/urai.2016.7625751
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3025754