Title
A Robotic Endoscopic Injection Needle with Integrated Tactile Sensor for Intraoperative Autonomous Tumor Localization
Abstract
En bloc resection of tumor is a minimally invasive surgical method for removing tumors precisely and completely at one time. It can decrease the risk of recurrence and tumor spread after surgery. However, it requires surgeons to accurately locate the tumor and its boundary. In minimally invasive surgery (MIS), surgeons cannot directly palpate cancerous areas to obtain tactile information. Therefore, a tactile sensor that can be integrated onto surgical instruments is highly demanded. This paper proposes a tactile sensor integrated onto an injection needle for robotic endoscopes. The tactile sensor is based on the principle of piezoelectric effect and can detect the hardness of tissues by changes of resonant frequency. In addition, an autonomous palpation algorithm is developed to accurately localize the tumor and identify its boundaries.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1007/978-3-030-89134-3_16
INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS AND APPLICATIONS, ICIRA 2021, PT III
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Tactile sensor, Tumor palpation, Robotic endoscope, Autonomous tumor localization, Injection needle
Conference
13015
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yan Hong100.68
Yingxuan Zhang201.35
Chengjun Zhu301.01
Feng Ju401.01