Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Researchers have adopted mechanistic and learning-based approaches for tip force estimation on soft robotic catheters. Typically the literature attributes the mech-anistic methods with more accuracy while indicating the learning-based methods outpace...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Soft robots offer unique advantages in their ability to interact with fragile organisms. Light responsive soft actuators are promising for the development of the untethered soft robots. However, this requires a mechanism for converting the externally...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
This paper introduces design modifications to our MR-Conditional, 2-degree-of-freedom (DOF), remotely-actuated needle driver for MRI-guided spinal injections. The new needle driver should better meet cleaning and sterilization guidelines needed for r...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Segmentation of the thoracic region and breast tissues is crucial for analyzing and diagnosing the presence of breast masses. This paper introduces a medical image segmentation architecture that aggregates two neural networks based on the state-of-th...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Traditional methods to access subcortical structures involve the use of anatomical atlases and high precision stereotaxic frames but suffer from significant variations in implantation accuracy. Here, we leveraged the use of the ROSA One(R) Robot Assi...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Gait is one of the most frequently used forms of human movement during daily activities. The majority of works focus on exploring the dynamic factors during gait. Different from previous works, we adapt an image prediction task for anticipating the n...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
This paper discusses the design, construction, and characteristics of a six degree of freedom (6-DoF) robotic upper limb stroke rehabilitation device. The device is primarily designed to be used by stroke survivors suffering from hemi-paresis, post s...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Lymphedema is a medical condition that results in swelling and discomfort in human arms or legs. Caused due to the build-up of lymph fluid in the tissues under the skin, lymphedema commonly affects one of the arms or legs and it is an incurable condi...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Minimally invasive instruments are inserted per-cutaneously and are steered toward the desired anatomy. The low stiffness of instruments is an advantage; however, once the target is reached, the instrument usually is required to transmit force to the...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Several biomedical contexts such as diagnosis, rehabilitation, and ergonomics require an accurate estimate of human upper limbs kinematics. Wearable inertial measurement units (IMU s) represent a suitable solution because of their unobtrusiveness, po...