4 accepted papers
Minimally invasive surgery can benefit greatly from utilizing micro-agents. These miniaturized agents need to be clearly visualized and precisely controlled to ensure the success of the surgery. Since medical imaging modalities suffer from low acquisition rate, multi-rate sampling methods can be use…
Minimally invasive surgery involves using flexible medical instruments such as endoscopes and catheters. Magnetically actuated catheters can provide improved steering precision over conventional catheters. However, besides the actuation method, an accurate tip position is required for precise contro…
Microrobotics is a promising field that can revolutionize fields such as minimally invasive surgery. Applications such as micromanipulation can be performed more effectively using multiple microsized agents. These can be performed more accurately with the help of robust controllers. In this letter,
Magnetic interaction can be utilized for remote actuation of surgical manipulators. However, platforms currently available for that purpose have limited workspaces, inadequate field strength or very low bandwidth of the electrical subsystem. In this paper, we present BigMag, a novel platform capable…