AIMC Topic: Tendons

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Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters.

Soft robotics Jul 14, 2020
The goal of this study was to propose and validate a control framework with level-2 autonomy (task autonomy) for the control of flexible ablation catheters. To this end, a kinematic model for the flexible portion of typical ablation catheters was dev...
Catheter Ablation Catheters Tendons Robotics Robotic Surgical Procedures
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Untethered-Bioinspired Quadrupedal Robot Based on Double-Chamber Pre-charged Pneumatic Soft Actuators with Highly Flexible Trunk.

Soft robotics Jun 10, 2020
Given that mobile soft robots are adaptable to the environment, they are always tethered with slow locomotion speed. Compared with other types of mobile robots, mobile soft robots may be more suitable for rescuing tasks, accompanying elderly people, ...
Walking Gait Locomotion Animals Robotics Humans Tendons Aged
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Joint Angle Estimation of a Tendon-Driven Soft Wearable Robot through a Tension and Stroke Measurement.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) May 17, 2020
The size of a device and its adaptability to human properties are important factors in developing a wearable device. In wearable robot research, therefore, soft materials and tendon transmissions have been utilized to make robots compact and adaptabl...
Robotics Humans Hand Wearable Electronic Devices Tendons
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Segmentation of finger tendon and synovial sheath in ultrasound image using deep convolutional neural network.

Biomedical engineering online Apr 22, 2020
BACKGROUND: Trigger finger is a common hand disease, which is caused by a mismatch in diameter between the tendon and the pulley. Ultrasound images are typically used to diagnose this disease, which are also used to guide surgical treatment. However,...
Deep Learning Ultrasonography Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Humans Membranes Fingers Tendons
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Creation and Testing of a Deep Learning Algorithm to Automatically Identify and Label Vessels, Nerves, Tendons, and Bones on Cross-sectional Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scans for Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement by Novices.

Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Mar 17, 2020
OBJECTIVES: We sought to create a deep learning (DL) algorithm to identify vessels, bones, nerves, and tendons on transverse upper extremity (UE) ultrasound (US) images to enable providers new to US-guided peripheral vascular access to identify anato...
Point-of-Care Systems Deep Learning Catheters Algorithms Cross-Sectional Studies Tendons Humans
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Using Deep Learning in Ultrasound Imaging of Bicipital Peritendinous Effusion to Grade Inflammation Severity.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics Jan 22, 2020
Inflammation of the long head of the biceps tendon is a common cause of shoulder pain. Bicipital peritendinous effusion (BPE) is the most common biceps tendon abnormality and is related to various shoulder injuries. Physicians usually use ultrasound ...
Tendons Shoulder Joint Muscular Diseases Shoulder Pain Inflammation Muscle, Skeletal Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Deep Learning Ultrasonography Humans Neural Networks, Computer
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A Novel Tendon-Driven Soft Actuator with Self-Pumping Property.

Soft robotics Oct 4, 2019
Soft actuators and robotics have been widely researched in recent years mainly due to their compliance to environments and safe interaction with humans. However, the need of tether and low energy efficiency of such actuators/robots has limited their ...
Algorithms Tendons Man-Machine Systems Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological Rehabilitation
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In situ tissue classification during laser ablation using acoustic signals.

Journal of biophotonics May 30, 2019
We suggest a novel method to classify the type of tissue that is being ablated, using the recorded acoustic sound waves during pulsed ultraviolet laser ablation. The motivation of the current research is tissue classification during vascular interven...
Support Vector Machine Neural Networks, Computer Animals Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Swine Laser Therapy Acoustics Tendons Algorithms Cattle Aorta Fourier Analysis Reproducibility of Results
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Exo-Glove Poly II: A Polymer-Based Soft Wearable Robot for the Hand with a Tendon-Driven Actuation System.

Soft robotics Dec 18, 2018
This article presents Exo-Glove Poly (EGP) II, a soft wearable robot for the hand with a glove that is completely constructed of polymer materials and that operates through tendon-driven actuation for use in spinal cord injury (SCI). EGP II can resto...
Polymers Hand Exoskeleton Device Wearable Electronic Devices Activities of Daily Living Humans Robotics Spinal Cord Injuries Hand Strength Gloves, Protective Equipment Design Tendons
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A Convenient Non-harm Cervical Spondylosis Intelligent Identity method based on Machine Learning.

Scientific reports Nov 27, 2018
Cervical spondylosis (CS), a most common orthopedic diseases, is mainly identified by the doctor's judgment from the clinical symptoms and cervical change provided by expensive instruments in hospital. Owing to the development of the surface electrom...
Tendons Humans Male Female Spondylosis Electromyography Machine Learning
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